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Meaning of the nameLauani

Lauani is a female name with the spellings Lauany and Lauanny, whose records begin with people born in the 1990s, and its origin is uncertain.

Meaning

The meaning of Lauani 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)
1,588
Rank in Brazil
#6,030
Median age
11 years
2010 Census
1,606
people

Lauani in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Lauani, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (653 people).

1,578 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 Lauani is most common

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

  1. São Paulo 0.001%
  2. Paraná 0.001%
  3. Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo4260.001%
Minas Gerais1620.001%
Paraná1130.001%
Rio de Janeiro840.001%
Mato Grosso840.002%
Rio Grande do Sul770.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul760.003%
Pernambuco720.001%
Santa Catarina680.001%
Goiás610.001%
Pará520.001%
Rondônia400.003%
Bahia370.000%
Ceará320.000%
Maranhão270.000%
Espírito Santo270.001%
Alagoas220.001%
Paraíba190.001%
Rio Grande do Norte180.001%
Acre180.002%
Amazonas170.000%

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

About the name Lauani

The origin of the name Lauani is uncertain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) groups Lauani, Lauany and Lauanny as spellings of the same name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,140 people named Lauany, the most common spelling in the group. In all three spellings, the records begin with people born in the 1990s, and the name is almost always female.

It ends in -i, while Lauany and Lauanny end in -y; proportionally, it is most common in São Paulo.

Other spellings of Lauani

SpellingPeople (2022)
Lauany5,140
Lauanny2,159
Lauani1,588

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Lauany · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Lauani

What does the name Lauani mean?

The meaning of Lauani 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 Lauani in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,588 people with the first name Lauani, which ranks it number 6,030 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

Lauani is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,578 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Lauani most common?

Proportionally, in São Paulo: 0.001% of the state's population is named Lauani (426 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Lauani?

Lauany and Lauanny. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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