Meaning of the nameMarinês

Marinês is a Brazilian feminine name that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil relates, as probable, to the adjective 'marinho' (marine).

Meaning

“probably linked to the adjective 'marinho' (marine)”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Marinês

People (2022): 30,876
Rank in Brazil: #802
Median age: 50 years
2010 Census: 36,750; people

Marinês in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Marinês, 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 (11,285 people).

30,763 women 113 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 Marinês is most common

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

Rio Grande do Sul 0.059%
Santa Catarina 0.042%
Paraná 0.031%
Acre 0.026%
Rondônia 0.024%

All states

State	People	% of population
Rio Grande do Sul	6,432	0.059%
São Paulo	4,931	0.011%
Paraná	3,595	0.031%
Santa Catarina	3,224	0.042%
Bahia	2,235	0.016%
Pernambuco	1,199	0.013%
Rio de Janeiro	1,153	0.007%
Minas Gerais	1,064	0.005%
Paraíba	822	0.021%
Pará	665	0.008%
Mato Grosso	639	0.018%
Amazonas	573	0.015%
Maranhão	566	0.008%
Mato Grosso do Sul	516	0.019%
Goiás	456	0.007%
Alagoas	445	0.014%
Rondônia	376	0.024%
Ceará	342	0.004%
Espírito Santo	303	0.008%
Rio Grande do Norte	297	0.009%
Acre	213	0.026%
Piauí	195	0.006%
Sergipe	176	0.008%
Tocantins	174	0.012%
Distrito Federal	163	0.006%
Roraima	75	0.012%
Amapá	47	0.006%

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

About the name Marinês

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records the name as Marinês, with Marinez as a spelling variant, and indicates a probable relation to the adjective 'marinho' (marine). The project's Morfemário includes Marinês among the traditional names with the element Mari-, probably taken from Maria, Mariana and Marina. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 30,876 people named Marinês, with a median age of 50; the name is almost always female and, proportionally, most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

It is the most recorded spelling in the group; IBGE writes it without the accent, and the dictionary gives it as Marinês, with a circumflex accent.

Other spellings of Marinês

Spelling	People (2022)
Marinês	30,876
Marinez	12,456

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Marinês · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Mari-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Marinês

What does the name Marinês mean?

Marinês means “probably linked to the adjective 'marinho' (marine)”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

How many people are named Marinês in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 30,876 people with the first name Marinês, which ranks it number 802 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

Is Marinês a boy's or a girl's name?

Marinês is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 30,763 women and 113 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Marinês?

Marinês is a name of Portuguese origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Marinês most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.059% of the state's population is named Marinês (6,432 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Marinês?

Marinez. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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