Meaning of the nameMarinez

Marinez is a spelling of the name Marinês, which means “probably linked to the adjective 'marinho' (marine)”.

Meaning

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

Meaning of the name Marinês, of which Marinez is a spelling.

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Marinês

People (2022): 12,456
Rank in Brazil: #1,468
Median age: 51 years
2010 Census: 10,160; people

Marinez in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Marinez, 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 (4,532 people).

12,410 women 46 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 Marinez is most common

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

Acre 0.017%
Paraíba 0.013%
Rondônia 0.011%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.010%
Santa Catarina 0.010%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,882	0.004%
Bahia	1,319	0.009%
Paraná	1,179	0.010%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,135	0.010%
Pernambuco	838	0.009%
Santa Catarina	791	0.010%
Minas Gerais	648	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	610	0.004%
Paraíba	518	0.013%
Pará	341	0.004%
Maranhão	338	0.005%
Amazonas	284	0.007%
Alagoas	283	0.009%
Goiás	258	0.004%
Rio Grande do Norte	256	0.008%
Mato Grosso	250	0.007%
Ceará	232	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	232	0.008%
Espírito Santo	190	0.005%
Rondônia	179	0.011%
Acre	142	0.017%
Distrito Federal	135	0.005%
Tocantins	128	0.009%
Piauí	120	0.004%
Sergipe	103	0.005%
Roraima	36	0.006%
Amapá	29	0.004%

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

The spelling Marinez

It replaces the final S with Z, a spelling that the dictionary lists as a spelling variant of Marinês; proportionally, it is most common in Acre.

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.

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 Marinez

What does the name Marinez mean?

Marinez means “probably linked to the adjective 'marinho' (marine)”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil. This is the meaning of the name Marinês, of which Marinez is a spelling.

How many people are named Marinez in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 12,456 people with the first name Marinez, which ranks it number 1,468 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Marinez is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 12,410 women and 46 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Marinez?

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

In which Brazilian state is Marinez most common?

Proportionally, in Acre: 0.017% of the state's population is named Marinez (142 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Marinez?

Marinês. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

More names of Portuguese origin

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