Meaning of the nameMarinete
- Female
- Ma-ri-ne-te
Marinete is a feminine name that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil analyzes as Mari- + -nete; the meaning of the whole is not known for certain.
Meaning
The meaning of Marinete 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)
- 36,313
- Rank in Brazil
- #719
- Median age
- 53 years
- 2010 Census
- 41,253
- people
Marinete in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Marinete, 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 (9,795 people).
36,136 women 177 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 Marinete is most common
States with the highest share of people named Marinete in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Espírito Santo 0.054%
- Maranhão 0.049%
- Amapá 0.045%
- Acre 0.043%
- Alagoas 0.040%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Rio de Janeiro | 5,313 | 0.033% |
| São Paulo | 4,224 | 0.010% |
| Maranhão | 3,294 | 0.049% |
| Pará | 3,016 | 0.037% |
| Pernambuco | 2,635 | 0.029% |
| Espírito Santo | 2,070 | 0.054% |
| Minas Gerais | 2,024 | 0.010% |
| Ceará | 1,574 | 0.018% |
| Amazonas | 1,357 | 0.034% |
| Alagoas | 1,240 | 0.040% |
| Paraná | 1,031 | 0.009% |
| Piauí | 1,010 | 0.031% |
| Goiás | 925 | 0.013% |
| Mato Grosso | 828 | 0.023% |
| Bahia | 717 | 0.005% |
| Paraíba | 620 | 0.016% |
| Rondônia | 580 | 0.037% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 578 | 0.018% |
| Tocantins | 512 | 0.034% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 502 | 0.018% |
| Santa Catarina | 490 | 0.006% |
| Distrito Federal | 462 | 0.016% |
| Acre | 355 | 0.043% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 341 | 0.003% |
| Amapá | 331 | 0.045% |
| Roraima | 192 | 0.030% |
| Sergipe | 92 | 0.004% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Marinete
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes the formation of Marinete as Mari- + -nete. Its morpheme list treats Mari- as a probable fragment taken from names such as Maria, Mariana and Marina, and includes Marinete among the names with the ending -ete, which comes from French -ette, a diminutive suffix of Latin origin. The meaning of the name as a whole is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 36,313 people named Marinete, with the most records among people born in the 1970s. The name is almost always female and, proportionally, is most common in Espírito Santo.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Marinete · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Mari-, -ete) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Marinete
What does the name Marinete mean?
The meaning of Marinete 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 Marinete in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 36,313 people with the first name Marinete, which ranks it number 719 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Marinete a boy's or a girl's name?
Marinete is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 36,136 women and 177 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Marinete most common?
Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.054% of the state's population is named Marinete (2,070 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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