Meaning of the nameMarilene
- Female
- Ma-ri-le-ne
Marilene is a Brazilian feminine name formed from Mari- and -lene, which Machado and Behind the Name link to Marlene.
Meaning
The meaning of Marilene 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)
- 152,880
- Rank in Brazil
- #220
- Median age
- 52 years
- 2010 Census
- 164,393
- people
Marilene in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Marilene, 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 (43,870 people).
152,256 women 624 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 Marilene is most common
States with the highest share of people named Marilene in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.129%
- Santa Catarina 0.097%
- Paraíba 0.097%
- Tocantins 0.095%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.090%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 22,699 | 0.051% |
| Bahia | 18,204 | 0.129% |
| Minas Gerais | 15,426 | 0.075% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 13,490 | 0.084% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 9,812 | 0.090% |
| Paraná | 8,213 | 0.072% |
| Santa Catarina | 7,413 | 0.097% |
| Pernambuco | 7,185 | 0.079% |
| Pará | 6,687 | 0.082% |
| Maranhão | 5,685 | 0.084% |
| Goiás | 4,746 | 0.067% |
| Ceará | 4,387 | 0.050% |
| Paraíba | 3,862 | 0.097% |
| Espírito Santo | 3,140 | 0.082% |
| Mato Grosso | 2,654 | 0.073% |
| Amazonas | 2,635 | 0.067% |
| Piauí | 2,549 | 0.078% |
| Alagoas | 2,509 | 0.080% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 2,070 | 0.075% |
| Distrito Federal | 2,030 | 0.072% |
| Sergipe | 1,619 | 0.073% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 1,593 | 0.048% |
| Tocantins | 1,437 | 0.095% |
| Rondônia | 1,221 | 0.077% |
| Acre | 670 | 0.081% |
| Amapá | 504 | 0.069% |
| Roraima | 440 | 0.069% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Marilene
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) analyzes the name as Mari- + -lene and cites Machado (1981), for whom Marilene would be a variant of Marlene or perhaps the result of Maria Helena; Behind the Name gives it as a variant of Marlene or of Marilyn. The dictionary's Morfemário (morpheme list) treats Mari- as an element taken from names such as Maria and Mariana, and -lene as an element linked to names such as Irene and Marlene. Marlene, in turn, is a blend of Maria and Madalena, according to Behind the Name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 152,880 people named Marilene, with a median age of 52, most of them born in the 1960s and 1970s. The name is almost always female and, proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Marilene · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Behind the Name: Marilene · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Marlene · behindthename.com · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Marilene
What does the name Marilene mean?
The meaning of Marilene 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 Marilene in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 152,880 people with the first name Marilene, which ranks it number 220 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Marilene a boy's or a girl's name?
Marilene is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 152,256 women and 624 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Marilene most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.129% of the state's population is named Marilene (18,204 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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