Meaning of the nameMaridete
- Female
- Ma-ri-de-te
Maridete is a Brazilian female name of modern formation, joining the element Mari- to the ending -ete, both documented in the Morfemário.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 962 people named Maridete, the 8,515th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 60, and the largest group was born in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Meaning
The meaning of Maridete 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)
- 962
- Rank in Brazil
- #8,515
- Median age
- 60 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,041
- people
Maridete in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Maridete, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (292 people).
955 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 Maridete is most common
States with the highest share of people named Maridete in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 468 | 0.003% |
| São Paulo | 185 | 0.000% |
| Maranhão | 62 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 30 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 23 | 0.000% |
| Minas Gerais | 20 | 0.000% |
| Pará | 20 | 0.000% |
| Piauí | 17 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 15 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Maridete
Maridete has the beginning Mari-, which the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes as a probable fragment of names such as Maria, Mariana and Marina, and the ending -ete, from French -ette, which is from Latin -eta, a diminutive affix. The exact joining of the elements is not documented, and so the meaning of the whole name is not known with certainty. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 962 people named Maridete, with a median age of 60. An almost always female name, it was mostly given to people born in the 1950s and 1960s, and proportionally it is most common in Bahia.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Maridete
What does the name Maridete mean?
The meaning of Maridete 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 Maridete in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 962 people with the first name Maridete, which ranks it number 8,515 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Maridete a boy's or a girl's name?
Maridete is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 955 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Maridete most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.003% of the state's population is named Maridete (468 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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