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Meaning of the nameMarianna

Marianna is a spelling of the name Mariana.

Meaning

The meaning of Marianna 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)
6,840
Rank in Brazil
#2,200
Median age
19 years
2010 Census
3,380
people

Marianna in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Marianna, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (1,924 people).

6,812 women 28 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 Marianna is most common

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

  1. Distrito Federal 0.009%
  2. Rio de Janeiro 0.008%
  3. Goiás 0.005%
  4. Paraíba 0.004%
  5. Espírito Santo 0.004%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1,5200.003%
Rio de Janeiro1,2760.008%
Minas Gerais6780.003%
Goiás3680.005%
Bahia3670.003%
Paraná3640.003%
Rio Grande do Sul3020.003%
Pernambuco2910.003%
Distrito Federal2400.009%
Paraíba1720.004%
Espírito Santo1590.004%
Ceará1510.002%
Santa Catarina1360.002%
Maranhão1280.002%
Rio Grande do Norte1040.003%
Mato Grosso930.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul820.003%
Alagoas750.002%
Sergipe700.003%
Piauí580.002%
Tocantins570.004%
Pará560.001%
Amazonas290.001%
Rondônia260.002%
Roraima180.003%

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

The spelling Marianna

It doubles the N; it is among the spelling variants of Mariana listed by the dictionary.

About the name Mariana

The sources give two readings for Mariana. Behind the Name presents it as the Roman feminine of Marianus, a cognomen derived from the family name Marius, later interpreted as a joining of Maria and Ana; Wiktionary explains the Portuguese form as Maria + Ana, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado (1981), speaks of a convergent form of Latin Mariana and the compound Maria Ana. The underlying names have an uncertain meaning: Behind the Name gives two possible origins for Marius (the god Mars or the Latin mas, maris, 'male') and says the meaning of Maria, from Hebrew Miryam, is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 451,762 people named Mariana, with a median age of 21. Marianna and Maryana are among the spelling variants listed by the dictionary.

Other spellings of Mariana

SpellingPeople (2022)
Mariana451,762
Marianna6,840
Maryana3,754

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Mariana · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Mariana · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Mariana · behindthename.com · origin
  4. Behind the Name: Marianus · behindthename.com · origin
  5. Behind the Name: Marius · behindthename.com · origin
  6. Behind the Name: Mary · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Marianna

What does the name Marianna mean?

The meaning of Marianna 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 Marianna in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 6,840 people with the first name Marianna, which ranks it number 2,200 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Marianna is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 6,812 women and 28 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Marianna?

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

In which Brazilian state is Marianna most common?

Proportionally, in Distrito Federal: 0.009% of the state's population is named Marianna (240 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Marianna?

Mariana and Maryana. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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