Meaning of the nameLainara
- Female
- Lai-na-ra
Lainara is a Brazilian feminine name of uncertain origin, recorded mainly among people born in the 1990s and 2000s.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 970 people named Lainara, the 8,470th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 21, and the largest group was born in the 2000s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Meaning
The meaning of Lainara is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 970
- Rank in Brazil
- #8,470
- Median age
- 21 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,055
- people
Lainara in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Lainara, 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 (358 people).
963 women 0 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 Lainara is most common
States with the highest share of people named Lainara in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 139 | 0.000% |
| Bahia | 109 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 90 | 0.000% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 76 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 74 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 64 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 60 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 49 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 40 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 38 | 0.000% |
| Piauí | 36 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 27 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 20 | 0.000% |
| Santa Catarina | 19 | 0.000% |
| Rondônia | 15 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Lainara
The origin of Lainara is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 970 people named Lainara, with a median age of 21. The name is almost always female, with most records in the 1990s and 2000s. It ends in -ara, an ending that the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) explains as a fragment of names such as Jussara and Naiara, of varied origins, and not necessarily Indigenous.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Lainara
What does the name Lainara mean?
The meaning of Lainara is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Lainara in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 970 people with the first name Lainara, which ranks it number 8,470 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.
Is Lainara a boy's or a girl's name?
Lainara is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 963 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Lainara most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.001% of the state's population is named Lainara (109 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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