Meaning of the nameMacilene
- Female
- Ma-ci-le-ne
Macilene is a Brazilian female name ending in -lene, an ending the morpheme list associates with Irene and Marlene, and of uncertain origin for the name as a whole.
Meaning
The meaning of Macilene 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)
- 2,759
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,110
- Median age
- 37 years
- 2010 Census
- 3,824
- people
Macilene in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Macilene, 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 (1,123 people).
2,745 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 Macilene is most common
States with the highest share of people named Macilene in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Pará 0.006%
- Amazonas 0.005%
- Pernambuco 0.004%
- Maranhão 0.003%
- Ceará 0.003%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Pará | 469 | 0.006% |
| Pernambuco | 360 | 0.004% |
| Ceará | 253 | 0.003% |
| Maranhão | 228 | 0.003% |
| Minas Gerais | 217 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 180 | 0.005% |
| São Paulo | 133 | 0.000% |
| Bahia | 124 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 116 | 0.003% |
| Piauí | 87 | 0.003% |
| Alagoas | 73 | 0.002% |
| Goiás | 70 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 69 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 67 | 0.000% |
| Tocantins | 45 | 0.003% |
| Amapá | 41 | 0.006% |
| Acre | 37 | 0.005% |
| Espírito Santo | 35 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 24 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 24 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso | 23 | 0.001% |
| Roraima | 20 | 0.003% |
| Paraná | 18 | 0.000% |
| Sergipe | 18 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Macilene
The origin of Macilene is uncertain, and the meaning is not known for certain. The morpheme list (morfemário) of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records -ene and -lene as feminine endings, probably from French -enne or fragments of names such as Irene and Marlene, and cites Jacilene, Jucilene and Rosilene among Brazilian names. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,759 people named Macilene, with a median age of 37. Most were born in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Macilene
What does the name Macilene mean?
The meaning of Macilene 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 Macilene in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,759 people with the first name Macilene, which ranks it number 4,110 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Macilene a boy's or a girl's name?
Macilene is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,745 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Macilene most common?
Proportionally, in Pará: 0.006% of the state's population is named Macilene (469 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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