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Meaning of the nameLaise

Laise, Layse and Laisse are spellings of a feminine name of uncertain origin, uncommon among people born before the 1980s.

Meaning

The meaning of Laise 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)
11,285
Rank in Brazil
#1,561
Median age
26 years
2010 Census
11,623
people

Laise in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Laise, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (3,941 people).

11,227 women 58 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 Laise is most common

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

  1. Pará 0.019%
  2. Bahia 0.018%
  3. Rio Grande do Norte 0.015%
  4. Alagoas 0.013%
  5. Sergipe 0.011%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia2,5570.018%
Pará1,5700.019%
São Paulo1,0610.002%
Minas Gerais5690.003%
Maranhão5530.008%
Rio Grande do Norte5050.015%
Rio de Janeiro4360.003%
Pernambuco4200.005%
Alagoas3950.013%
Paraíba3830.010%
Rio Grande do Sul3610.003%
Santa Catarina3300.004%
Goiás3040.004%
Paraná3010.003%
Piauí2660.008%
Sergipe2420.011%
Amazonas2280.006%
Ceará1740.002%
Distrito Federal1440.005%
Mato Grosso1170.003%
Espírito Santo870.002%
Tocantins670.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul580.002%
Amapá550.008%
Rondônia520.003%
Roraima280.004%
Acre220.003%

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

About the name Laise

The origin of Laise is uncertain, and the meaning of the name is not known for certain. The three spellings differ only in writing: Layse replaces the i with a y, and Laisse doubles the s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 11,285 people named Laise, with a median age of 26. The name is almost always female, became more common among people born in the 1980s and 1990s and, proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

The spelling with i and a single s, the most common in the group.

Other spellings of Laise

SpellingPeople (2022)
Laise11,285
Layse2,756
Laisse869

Questions about the name Laise

What does the name Laise mean?

The meaning of Laise 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 Laise in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 11,285 people with the first name Laise, which ranks it number 1,561 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Laise is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 11,227 women and 58 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Laise most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.019% of the state's population is named Laise (1,570 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Laise?

Layse and Laisse. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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