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Meaning of the nameLaiz

Laiz is a spelling of the name Laís.

Meaning

The meaning of Laiz 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)
7,571
Rank in Brazil
#2,056
Median age
22 years
2010 Census
7,464
people

Laiz in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Laiz, 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 (2,233 people).

7,497 women 74 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 Laiz is most common

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

  1. Espírito Santo 0.007%
  2. Amazonas 0.006%
  3. Goiás 0.005%
  4. Mato Grosso 0.005%
  5. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.005%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1,3930.003%
Minas Gerais9620.005%
Rio de Janeiro7590.005%
Bahia5660.004%
Paraná4710.004%
Pernambuco3520.004%
Goiás3470.005%
Pará3110.004%
Espírito Santo2760.007%
Santa Catarina2720.004%
Amazonas2430.006%
Rio Grande do Sul2220.002%
Ceará2050.002%
Mato Grosso1810.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul1340.005%
Paraíba1300.003%
Rio Grande do Norte1120.003%
Maranhão1070.002%
Alagoas1020.003%
Distrito Federal900.003%
Sergipe780.004%
Tocantins620.004%
Rondônia540.003%
Piauí460.001%
Amapá350.005%
Acre340.004%
Roraima270.004%

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

The spelling Laiz

It ends in Z; it is the least recorded in the group, and the dictionary lists it among the spelling variants of Laís.

About the name Laís

Behind the Name gives Laís as the Portuguese form of Greek Lais and marks the meaning as unknown. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records the path from Greek through Latin and two diverging readings: José Pedro Machado links the name to a Greek term for 'spoils', and Guérios ties it to laós, 'people'. The same dictionary observes that the name appears with and without an accent, in Brazil and in Portugal. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 164,122 people named Lais, with a median age of 21; proportionally, it is most common in Alagoas.

Other spellings of Laís

SpellingPeople (2022)
Laís164,122
Lays10,718
Laiz7,571

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Laís · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Laís · behindthename.com · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Lais · behindthename.com · origin
  4. Wiktionary: Laís · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Laiz

What does the name Laiz mean?

The meaning of Laiz 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 Laiz in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 7,571 people with the first name Laiz, which ranks it number 2,056 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Laiz is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 7,497 women and 74 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Laiz?

Laiz is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Laiz most common?

Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.007% of the state's population is named Laiz (276 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Laiz?

Laís and Lays. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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