Meaning of the nameLavínia

Female
Latin origin
La-ví-ni-a

Lavínia is a Latin female name, that of the daughter of King Latinus in Roman legend; the meaning of the name is unknown.

Meaning

The meaning of Lavínia 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): 99,613
Rank in Brazil: #323
Median age: 7 years
2010 Census: 28,701; people

Lavínia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Lavínia, 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 (48,578 people).

99,082 women 531 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 Lavínia is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	24,928	0.056%
Minas Gerais	19,093	0.093%
Rio de Janeiro	11,266	0.070%
Rio Grande do Sul	7,074	0.065%
Bahia	6,660	0.047%
Paraná	5,079	0.044%
Espírito Santo	3,570	0.093%
Santa Catarina	2,915	0.038%
Pernambuco	2,763	0.031%
Goiás	2,438	0.035%
Alagoas	1,995	0.064%
Mato Grosso	1,809	0.049%
Paraíba	1,794	0.045%
Mato Grosso do Sul	1,728	0.063%
Rio Grande do Norte	1,228	0.037%
Sergipe	995	0.045%
Ceará	962	0.011%
Distrito Federal	730	0.026%
Maranhão	563	0.008%
Piauí	548	0.017%
Rondônia	527	0.033%
Pará	321	0.004%
Amazonas	256	0.007%
Tocantins	209	0.014%
Acre	105	0.013%
Roraima	39	0.006%
Amapá	18	0.003%

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

About the name Lavínia

Lavínia comes from Latin Lavinia, the name of the daughter of King Latinus and wife of Aeneas in Roman legend; according to Behind the Name, Aeneas gave her name to the city of Lavinium, in Latium. Wiktionary says the meaning of the name is obscure, and Behind the Name gives it as unknown, probably of Etruscan origin. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 99,613 people named Lavínia, with a median age of 7. The name is almost always female, gained strength from the 1990s onward and, proportionally, is most common in Espírito Santo. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Lavinnia and Lavynia among the spelling variants.

Sources

Wiktionary: Lavinia · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Lavinia · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Lavínia · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Lavinia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Lavínia

What does the name Lavínia mean?

The meaning of Lavínia 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 Lavínia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 99,613 people with the first name Lavínia, which ranks it number 323 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Lavínia a boy's or a girl's name?

Lavínia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 99,082 women and 531 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Lavínia?

Lavínia is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Lavínia most common?

Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.093% of the state's population is named Lavínia (3,570 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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