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Meaning of the nameLuziane

Luziane is a Brazilian feminine name ending in -ane, a formative of French origin; the meaning of the name is not known for certain.

Meaning

The meaning of Luziane 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)
12,238
Rank in Brazil
#1,489
Median age
33 years
2010 Census
12,134
people

Luziane in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Luziane, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (4,556 people).

12,175 women 63 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 Luziane is most common

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

  1. Maranhão 0.030%
  2. Amazonas 0.019%
  3. Acre 0.016%
  4. Pará 0.016%
  5. Tocantins 0.015%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Maranhão2,0450.030%
Bahia1,3500.010%
Pará1,2560.016%
Ceará9740.011%
São Paulo8080.002%
Amazonas7610.019%
Minas Gerais7150.004%
Rio de Janeiro5690.004%
Espírito Santo5040.013%
Piauí4620.014%
Mato Grosso3030.008%
Goiás2770.004%
Rio Grande do Sul2680.003%
Paraná2500.002%
Tocantins2220.015%
Pernambuco2180.002%
Santa Catarina2160.003%
Rio Grande do Norte1380.004%
Acre1330.016%
Alagoas1090.004%
Paraíba1080.003%
Sergipe1060.005%
Amapá1040.014%
Distrito Federal1020.004%
Rondônia960.006%
Mato Grosso do Sul840.003%
Roraima600.009%

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

About the name Luziane

Luziane ends in -ane, a feminine formative that, according to the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), comes from French -anne, a language in which it already functions as a name element; the same dictionary cites Luciane and Juliane among the Brazilian names with this ending and says it gained popularity from the 1950s onward. The origin of the beginning Luzi- is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 12,238 people named Luziane, with a median age of 33. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão, and the name is almost always female.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ane, -anne) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Luziane

What does the name Luziane mean?

The meaning of Luziane 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 Luziane in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 12,238 people with the first name Luziane, which ranks it number 1,489 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Luziane is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 12,175 women and 63 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Luziane most common?

Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.030% of the state's population is named Luziane (2,045 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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