Meaning of the nameLiete
- Female
- Li-e-te
Liete is a female Brazilian name of uncertain origin, recorded mainly for people born between the 1950s and the 1970s.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,583 people named Liete, the 6,045th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 56, and the largest group was born in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio de Janeiro.
Meaning
The meaning of Liete 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)
- 1,583
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,045
- Median age
- 56 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,813
- people
Liete in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Liete, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (399 people).
1,561 women 22 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 Liete is most common
States with the highest share of people named Liete in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
- Bahia 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 252 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 215 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 178 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 127 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 107 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 99 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 70 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 67 | 0.002% |
| Alagoas | 65 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 57 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 50 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 41 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 35 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 31 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 30 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 24 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 24 | 0.002% |
| Sergipe | 21 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 16 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Liete
The origin of the spelling Liete is uncertain and no meaning is documented. It ends in -ete, like Eliete and Juliete, names that the Morfemário do Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists among those that carry the feminine formative -ete (from French -ette, from Latin -eta, a diminutive affix). In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,583 people named Liete, with a median age of 56, almost all of them female. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio de Janeiro.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ete) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Liete
What does the name Liete mean?
The meaning of Liete 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 Liete in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,583 people with the first name Liete, which ranks it number 6,045 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Liete a boy's or a girl's name?
Liete is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,561 women and 22 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Liete most common?
Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.001% of the state's population is named Liete (215 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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