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Meaning of the nameMarinalva

Marinalva is a Brazilian female name that Behind the Name explains as a combination of Marina with alva, 'dawn'.

Meaning

The meaning of Marinalva 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)
86,090
Rank in Brazil
#359
Median age
53 years
2010 Census
93,627
people

Marinalva in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Marinalva, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (27,217 people).

85,729 women 361 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 Marinalva is most common

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

  1. Bahia 0.151%
  2. Paraíba 0.101%
  3. Pernambuco 0.095%
  4. Maranhão 0.083%
  5. Tocantins 0.068%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia21,2860.151%
São Paulo15,3090.035%
Pernambuco8,6180.095%
Maranhão5,6050.083%
Minas Gerais4,3180.021%
Paraíba4,0120.101%
Rio de Janeiro3,5310.022%
Pará3,1060.038%
Goiás2,2530.032%
Paraná2,0580.018%
Alagoas1,9320.062%
Piauí1,7510.054%
Espírito Santo1,6280.043%
Mato Grosso1,4680.040%
Rio Grande do Norte1,4650.044%
Sergipe1,4290.065%
Distrito Federal1,0260.036%
Tocantins1,0200.068%
Mato Grosso do Sul9960.036%
Ceará8370.010%
Rondônia7580.048%
Amazonas5240.013%
Santa Catarina4120.005%
Roraima2780.044%
Amapá1830.025%
Rio Grande do Sul1680.002%
Acre1190.014%

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

About the name Marinalva

Behind the Name describes Marinalva as a combination of Marina with the Portuguese alva, 'dawn'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) analyzes the name as Mari- + -nalva: according to the Morfemário, Mari- was probably taken from names such as Maria, Mariana and Marina, and -nalva perhaps comes from Latin alba, 'white, bright'. The Morfemário also points to Marialva, which Machado records as a place name, as one of the possible models for names in -alva. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 86,090 people named Marinalva, with a median age of 53. Almost always female, the name is, proportionally, most common in Bahia.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Marinalva · behindthename.com · origin
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Marinalva · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  3. Morfemário: Mari-, -alva · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Marinalva

What does the name Marinalva mean?

The meaning of Marinalva 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 Marinalva in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 86,090 people with the first name Marinalva, which ranks it number 359 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Marinalva is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 85,729 women and 361 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Marinalva?

Marinalva is a name of Latin and Portuguese origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Marinalva most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.151% of the state's population is named Marinalva (21,286 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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