Meaning of the nameMarieta

Female
French origin
Ma-ri-e-ta

Marieta is a female name formed from Mari- and -eta, an adaptation of the French Mariette, a pet form of Marie, whose meaning is uncertain.

Meaning

The meaning of Marieta 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): 7,910
Rank in Brazil: #1,996
Median age: 69 years
2010 Census: 12,839; people

Marieta in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Marieta, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1940s (1,926 people).

7,873 women 37 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 Marieta is most common

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

Sergipe 0.009%
Bahia 0.008%
Alagoas 0.006%
Minas Gerais 0.006%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.006%

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	1,263	0.006%
São Paulo	1,255	0.003%
Bahia	1,189	0.008%
Rio de Janeiro	700	0.004%
Rio Grande do Sul	605	0.006%
Ceará	380	0.004%
Pernambuco	301	0.003%
Goiás	258	0.004%
Paraná	208	0.002%
Alagoas	193	0.006%
Sergipe	190	0.009%
Pará	188	0.002%
Amazonas	140	0.004%
Mato Grosso	126	0.003%
Santa Catarina	125	0.002%
Distrito Federal	122	0.004%
Espírito Santo	110	0.003%
Maranhão	107	0.002%
Piauí	106	0.003%
Paraíba	79	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	79	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	55	0.002%
Tocantins	35	0.002%
Rondônia	30	0.002%
Acre	30	0.004%
Amapá	22	0.003%

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

About the name Marieta

According to the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), Marieta is formed from Mari- and -eta; the work cites Machado (1981), who describes it as an adaptation of the French Mariette, a pet form of Marie. Behind the Name treats Marie as the French form of Maria and says that the meaning of Maria is not known for certain, with several hypotheses. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 7,910 people named Marieta, with a median age of 69. Proportionally, the name is most common in Sergipe, and the dictionary gives Marietta, with two t's, as a spelling variant.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Marieta · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Behind the Name: Mary · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Marieta

What does the name Marieta mean?

The meaning of Marieta 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 Marieta in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 7,910 people with the first name Marieta, which ranks it number 1,996 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1940s.

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

Marieta is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 7,873 women and 37 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Marieta?

Marieta is a name of French origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Marieta most common?

Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.009% of the state's population is named Marieta (190 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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