Meaning of the nameMagna

Magna is a female name of Latin origin, the feminine form of Magnus, which means 'great'; it coincides with the feminine of the Portuguese adjective magno.

Meaning

“feminine form of Magnus, 'great' in Latin”

Source: Behind the Name: Magna · Behind the Name: Magnus · Priberam: magno

People (2022): 18,346
Rank in Brazil: #1,123
Median age: 43 years
2010 Census: 19,321; people

Magna in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Magna, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (5,562 people).

18,256 women 90 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 Magna is most common

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

Sergipe 0.031%
Rio Grande do Norte 0.026%
Paraíba 0.021%
Tocantins 0.017%
Minas Gerais 0.016%

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	3,338	0.016%
São Paulo	2,675	0.006%
Bahia	1,785	0.013%
Rio de Janeiro	1,278	0.008%
Goiás	961	0.014%
Ceará	860	0.010%
Rio Grande do Norte	854	0.026%
Paraíba	837	0.021%
Pernambuco	698	0.008%
Sergipe	677	0.031%
Paraná	532	0.005%
Espírito Santo	500	0.013%
Maranhão	408	0.006%
Pará	371	0.005%
Distrito Federal	371	0.013%
Alagoas	325	0.010%
Rio Grande do Sul	322	0.003%
Mato Grosso	303	0.008%
Tocantins	249	0.017%
Santa Catarina	245	0.003%
Piauí	209	0.006%
Mato Grosso do Sul	163	0.006%
Rondônia	158	0.010%
Amazonas	135	0.003%
Acre	42	0.005%
Roraima	31	0.005%
Amapá	19	0.003%

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

About the name Magna

Behind the Name explains Magna as the feminine form of Magnus, a Roman cognomen meaning 'great' in Latin, and adds that in Scandinavia it can also be the feminine of the Old Norse name Magni. Wiktionary records the Norwegian form with both readings: from the Old Norse magn, 'strength, power', or from the Latin magnus, 'great'. In Portuguese, magna is the feminine of the adjective magno, which Priberam derives from the Latin magnus and defines as 'great' and 'important'. Magna is almost always female and most frequent among people born in the 1970s and 1980s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 18,346 people named Magna, with a median age of 43; proportionally, it is most common in Sergipe.

Sources

Behind the Name: Magna · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Magnus · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Magna · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Priberam: magno · dicionario.priberam.org · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Magna · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage

Questions about the name Magna

What does the name Magna mean?

Magna means “feminine form of Magnus, 'great' in Latin”, according to Behind the Name and Priberam.

How many people are named Magna in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 18,346 people with the first name Magna, which ranks it number 1,123 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Magna is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 18,256 women and 90 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Magna?

Magna is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Magna most common?

Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.031% of the state's population is named Magna (677 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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