Meaning of the nameMariane

Female
Latin origin
Ma-ri-a-ne

Mariane is a feminine name used in Portugal and Brazil, a variant of Mariana; the spelling Marianne is the French one, joining Marie and Anne.

Meaning

The meaning of Mariane 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): 83,214
Rank in Brazil: #368
Median age: 22 years
2010 Census: 74,021; people

Mariane in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Mariane, 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 (26,970 people).

82,748 women 466 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 Mariane is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	20,315	0.046%
Minas Gerais	8,739	0.043%
Paraná	6,634	0.058%
Bahia	5,670	0.040%
Rio Grande do Sul	5,331	0.049%
Rio de Janeiro	5,264	0.033%
Santa Catarina	3,938	0.052%
Pará	3,081	0.038%
Ceará	2,895	0.033%
Goiás	2,818	0.040%
Pernambuco	2,675	0.030%
Maranhão	2,139	0.032%
Mato Grosso	1,827	0.050%
Mato Grosso do Sul	1,530	0.056%
Amazonas	1,380	0.035%
Piauí	1,207	0.037%
Paraíba	1,174	0.030%
Espírito Santo	1,116	0.029%
Alagoas	928	0.030%
Distrito Federal	928	0.033%
Sergipe	923	0.042%
Rio Grande do Norte	879	0.027%
Tocantins	502	0.033%
Rondônia	499	0.032%
Amapá	345	0.047%
Acre	247	0.030%
Roraima	230	0.036%

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

About the name Mariane

Behind the Name treats Mariane as a Portuguese variant of Mariana, the feminine form of the Roman name Marianus, derived from Marius. The origin of Marius is uncertain: it may come from Mars, the Roman god of war, or from the Latin mas, maris, 'male'. Marianne, in turn, is the French form that joins Marie and Anne. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 83,214 people named Mariane, most of them born in the 1990s and 2000s. Soledade's dictionary records Marianne, Mariany and Maryane among the spelling variants.

It is the most common spelling in the group, with a single N; proportionally, it appears most in Paraná.

Other spellings of Mariane

Spelling	People (2022)
Mariane	83,214
Marianne	4,816

Sources

Behind the Name: Mariane · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Mariana · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Marius · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Marianne · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Marianne · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Mariane · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Mariane

What does the name Mariane mean?

The meaning of Mariane 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 Mariane in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 83,214 people with the first name Mariane, which ranks it number 368 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Mariane is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 82,748 women and 466 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Mariane?

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

In which Brazilian state is Mariane most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.058% of the state's population is named Mariane (6,634 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Mariane?

Marianne. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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