Meaning of the nameLeiane
- Female
- Lei-a-ne
Leiane is a Brazilian feminine name ending in -ane, an element of French origin, and IBGE shows it mostly in people born in the 1980s and 1990s.
Meaning
The meaning of Leiane is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 1,085
- Rank in Brazil
- #7,815
- Median age
- 28 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,137
- people
Leiane in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Leiane, 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 (457 people).
1,073 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 Leiane is most common
States with the highest share of people named Leiane in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 202 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 149 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 132 | 0.004% |
| Pará | 101 | 0.001% |
| São Paulo | 94 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 52 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 48 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 42 | 0.000% |
| Amazonas | 38 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 31 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 29 | 0.000% |
| Pernambuco | 28 | 0.000% |
| Distrito Federal | 18 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 16 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 16 | 0.000% |
| Santa Catarina | 15 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Leiane
The exact origin of Leiane is uncertain. The ending -ane is described in the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) as a feminine element from the French -anne, which became more popular from the 1950s on in names such as Luciane and Juliane. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,085 people named Leiane, with a median age of 28. The name is almost always female. Most of the people were born in the 1980s and 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Piauí.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Leiane
What does the name Leiane mean?
The meaning of Leiane is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Leiane in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,085 people with the first name Leiane, which ranks it number 7,815 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Leiane a boy's or a girl's name?
Leiane is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,073 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Leiane most common?
Proportionally, in Piauí: 0.004% of the state's population is named Leiane (132 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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