Meaning of the nameLayane
- Female
- Lay-a-ne
Layane is a spelling of the name Laiane.
Meaning
The meaning of Layane 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)
- 12,492
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,463
- Median age
- 20 years
- 2010 Census
- 6,100
- people
Layane in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Layane, 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 (4,518 people).
12,439 women 53 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 Layane is most common
States with the highest share of people named Layane in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Maranhão 0.018%
- Piauí 0.017%
- Alagoas 0.016%
- Paraíba 0.015%
- Distrito Federal 0.015%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Maranhão | 1,239 | 0.018% |
| São Paulo | 1,234 | 0.003% |
| Minas Gerais | 1,156 | 0.006% |
| Pernambuco | 1,036 | 0.011% |
| Pará | 827 | 0.010% |
| Goiás | 716 | 0.010% |
| Ceará | 645 | 0.007% |
| Paraíba | 596 | 0.015% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 586 | 0.004% |
| Bahia | 571 | 0.004% |
| Piauí | 553 | 0.017% |
| Alagoas | 509 | 0.016% |
| Distrito Federal | 414 | 0.015% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 360 | 0.011% |
| Amazonas | 332 | 0.008% |
| Sergipe | 298 | 0.014% |
| Paraná | 296 | 0.003% |
| Tocantins | 220 | 0.015% |
| Espírito Santo | 197 | 0.005% |
| Mato Grosso | 177 | 0.005% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 154 | 0.006% |
| Santa Catarina | 119 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 80 | 0.001% |
| Roraima | 59 | 0.009% |
| Amapá | 45 | 0.006% |
| Rondônia | 37 | 0.002% |
| Acre | 36 | 0.004% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Layane
It writes the ending -yane with a Y, a form the morphemary records alongside -iane; the dictionary lists Layane among the spelling variants of Laiane.
About the name Laiane
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) classifies Laiane, with doubt, as a Brazilianism and proposes three formations: Lai-, perhaps taken from names such as Laís and Laila, plus -ane; the generic element La- plus -iane; or a variant of Daiane with a different initial consonant. In the morphemary of the same project, -ane comes from French -anne, and -iane is perhaps a fragment of names such as Cristiane. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 33,915 people named Laiane, with a median age of 21; proportionally, the name is most common in Piauí. The dictionary lists Layane, Laianne, Layanne and Laiany among the spelling variants.
Other spellings of Laiane
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Laiane | 33,915 |
| Layane | 12,492 |
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Laiane · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ane, -iane) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Layane
What does the name Layane mean?
The meaning of Layane 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 Layane in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 12,492 people with the first name Layane, which ranks it number 1,463 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.
Is Layane a boy's or a girl's name?
Layane is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 12,439 women and 53 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Layane most common?
Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.018% of the state's population is named Layane (1,239 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Layane?
Laiane. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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