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Meaning of the nameLays

Lays is a spelling of the name Laís.

Meaning

The meaning of Lays 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)
10,718
Rank in Brazil
#1,625
Median age
18 years
2010 Census
4,549
people

Lays in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Lays, 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 (3,027 people).

10,662 women 56 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 Lays is most common

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

  1. Paraíba 0.013%
  2. Alagoas 0.012%
  3. Tocantins 0.011%
  4. Pernambuco 0.011%
  5. Espírito Santo 0.009%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1,6780.004%
Minas Gerais1,0950.005%
Rio de Janeiro9710.006%
Pernambuco9670.011%
Goiás5890.008%
Maranhão5550.008%
Ceará5010.006%
Paraíba5010.013%
Bahia4010.003%
Alagoas3810.012%
Paraná3730.003%
Pará3570.004%
Espírito Santo3390.009%
Santa Catarina2820.004%
Piauí2200.007%
Mato Grosso2060.006%
Distrito Federal1870.007%
Sergipe1830.008%
Rio Grande do Sul1630.002%
Tocantins1630.011%
Amazonas1620.004%
Rio Grande do Norte1570.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul1250.005%
Rondônia600.004%
Amapá350.005%
Acre340.004%
Roraima330.005%

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

The spelling Lays

It swaps I for Y, another of the spelling variants the dictionary records for 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 Lays

What does the name Lays mean?

The meaning of Lays 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 Lays in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 10,718 people with the first name Lays, which ranks it number 1,625 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

Lays is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 10,662 women and 56 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Lays?

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

In which Brazilian state is Lays most common?

Proportionally, in Paraíba: 0.013% of the state's population is named Lays (501 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Lays?

Laís and Laiz. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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