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Meaning of the nameKayke

Kayke is a spelling of the name Kaíke.

Meaning

The meaning of Kayke is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
8,195
Rank in Brazil
#1,953
Median age
14 years
2010 Census
4,168
people

Kayke in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Kayke, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (4,333 people).

83 women 8,112 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Kayke is most common

States with the highest share of people named Kayke in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Rio de Janeiro 0.011%
  2. Rondônia 0.007%
  3. Espírito Santo 0.006%
  4. Goiás 0.005%
  5. Paraíba 0.005%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio de Janeiro1,7740.011%
São Paulo1,6700.004%
Minas Gerais7710.004%
Goiás3840.005%
Pernambuco3750.004%
Paraná3480.003%
Pará3230.004%
Maranhão2790.004%
Ceará2420.003%
Espírito Santo2090.006%
Bahia1990.001%
Paraíba1930.005%
Rio Grande do Sul1890.002%
Mato Grosso1690.005%
Santa Catarina1510.002%
Alagoas1440.005%
Piauí1300.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul1220.004%
Rondônia1030.007%
Amazonas840.002%
Tocantins770.005%
Amapá620.008%
Rio Grande do Norte540.002%
Sergipe440.002%
Acre370.005%
Distrito Federal340.001%
Roraima280.004%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Kayke

The spelling with K and with y in place of the i, without an accent.

About the name Kaíke

Wiktionary records Kaíke as a variant of Caíque, a masculine name used in Brazil whose etymology it gives as unknown. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) gathers under Caique spellings such as Caike, Kaike, Kaique and Kayque, which swap the C for K, the -que for -ke and the i for y. The origin of the name is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 20,245 people named Kaíke, with a median age of 14; most were born in the 2000s and 2010s.

Other spellings of Kaíke

SpellingPeople (2022)
Kaíke20,245
Kayke8,195
Caike4,475

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Caíque · en.wiktionary.org · usage
  2. Wiktionary: Kaíke · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Caique · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Kayke

What does the name Kayke mean?

The meaning of Kayke is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Kayke in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 8,195 people with the first name Kayke, which ranks it number 1,953 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Kayke a boy's or a girl's name?

Kayke is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 83 women and 8,112 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Kayke most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.011% of the state's population is named Kayke (1,774 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Kayke?

Kaíke and Caike. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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