Meaning of the nameLaira
- Female
- Lai-ra
Laira is a feminine Brazilian name, perhaps a variant of Lair with the addition of -a, according to the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.
Meaning
The meaning of Laira 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)
- 4,841
- Rank in Brazil
- #2,796
- Median age
- 20 years
- 2010 Census
- 4,226
- people
Laira in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Laira, 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 (1,518 people).
4,815 women 26 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 Laira is most common
States with the highest share of people named Laira in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Espírito Santo 0.004%
- Piauí 0.004%
- Bahia 0.004%
- Amazonas 0.003%
- Pará 0.003%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 929 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 527 | 0.003% |
| Bahia | 497 | 0.004% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 347 | 0.002% |
| Paraná | 268 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 232 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 225 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 198 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 190 | 0.003% |
| Maranhão | 187 | 0.003% |
| Espírito Santo | 170 | 0.004% |
| Goiás | 155 | 0.002% |
| Amazonas | 132 | 0.003% |
| Piauí | 118 | 0.004% |
| Pernambuco | 91 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 79 | 0.004% |
| Mato Grosso | 76 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 61 | 0.002% |
| Alagoas | 58 | 0.002% |
| Distrito Federal | 50 | 0.002% |
| Rondônia | 50 | 0.003% |
| Roraima | 44 | 0.007% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 35 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 35 | 0.005% |
| Tocantins | 34 | 0.002% |
| Acre | 27 | 0.003% |
| Paraíba | 26 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Laira
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) cautiously suggests that Laira may be a variant of Lair with -a added, or of the name Laíres, and cites José Pedro Machado and Nascentes in classifying Lair as an arbitrarily created name. For this reason the meaning is not known for certain. The dictionary indicates that the pronunciation may be with a diphthong (lai-ra) or with a hiatus (la-í-ra). In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,841 people named Laira, with a median age of 20, and the name is almost always female. Layra is the spelling with Y.
It is the most common spelling in the group; the records are concentrated among people born in the 1990s and 2000s.
Other spellings of Laira
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Laira | 4,841 |
| Layra | 2,783 |
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Laira · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Laira
What does the name Laira mean?
The meaning of Laira 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 Laira in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,841 people with the first name Laira, which ranks it number 2,796 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.
Is Laira a boy's or a girl's name?
Laira is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 4,815 women and 26 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Laira most common?
Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.004% of the state's population is named Laira (170 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Laira?
Layra. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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