Meaning of the nameMaise
- Female
- Mai-se
Maise is a female name of uncertain origin, spelled much like the Scottish Maisie, which Behind the Name describes as a diminutive of Mairead.
Meaning
The meaning of Maise 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)
- 2,471
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,445
- Median age
- 26 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,459
- people
Maise in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Maise, 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 (748 people).
2,452 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 Maise is most common
States with the highest share of people named Maise in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.005%
- Pará 0.004%
- Maranhão 0.002%
- Santa Catarina 0.001%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 734 | 0.005% |
| Pará | 288 | 0.004% |
| São Paulo | 218 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 134 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 110 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 103 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 92 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 82 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 81 | 0.004% |
| Paraná | 75 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 70 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 64 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 64 | 0.002% |
| Amazonas | 62 | 0.002% |
| Goiás | 56 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 40 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 37 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 33 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 30 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 23 | 0.000% |
| Piauí | 21 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 20 | 0.003% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 17 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Maise
Behind the Name describes Maisie as a Scottish diminutive of Mairead, a form of Margaret, but does not list the spelling Maise among the forms of the name, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), in the entry for Maisa, does not include it among the spelling variants either. The origin of the spelling Maise is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,471 people named Maise, almost all of them female and most of them born between 1990 and 2019; proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Sources
- Behind the Name: Maisie · behindthename.com · spelling
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Maisa · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Maise
What does the name Maise mean?
The meaning of Maise 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 Maise in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,471 people with the first name Maise, which ranks it number 4,445 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Maise a boy's or a girl's name?
Maise is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,452 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Maise most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.005% of the state's population is named Maise (734 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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