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Meaning of the nameMaysa

Maysa is a spelling of the name Maisa, which means “proud bearing, proud gait”.

Meaning

“proud bearing, proud gait”

Source: Behind the Name: Maysa

People (2022)
27,438
Rank in Brazil
#870
Median age
12 years
2010 Census
10,936
people

Maysa in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Maysa, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (12,040 people).

27,286 women 152 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 Maysa is most common

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

  1. Alagoas 0.035%
  2. Pernambuco 0.033%
  3. Paraíba 0.028%
  4. Maranhão 0.026%
  5. Tocantins 0.024%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo4,1590.009%
Pernambuco3,0140.033%
Minas Gerais2,0100.010%
Maranhão1,7560.026%
Rio de Janeiro1,6750.010%
Pará1,6360.020%
Paraná1,3680.012%
Bahia1,2670.009%
Paraíba1,1150.028%
Alagoas1,0970.035%
Goiás9970.014%
Ceará8550.010%
Espírito Santo8180.021%
Amazonas7460.019%
Santa Catarina7330.010%
Rio Grande do Sul7090.007%
Piauí6510.020%
Mato Grosso5660.016%
Sergipe4270.019%
Rio Grande do Norte3810.012%
Tocantins3650.024%
Mato Grosso do Sul3190.012%
Distrito Federal2990.011%
Rondônia1760.011%
Amapá1390.019%
Acre840.010%
Roraima760.012%

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

The spelling Maysa

With y, it is the spelling that Behind the Name associates with the Arabic ميس (mays), 'proud bearing, proud gait'.

About the name Maisa

The origin of the spelling Maisa is uncertain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Maiza, Maysa and Mayza as spelling variants of Maisa, and Maicha, Maisha and Mayssa as variants of Maissa, which shows that the spellings go together. For the spelling Maysa, Behind the Name gives an Arabic origin. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 74,528 people named Maisa, with a median age of 14. Proportionally, the name is most common in Tocantins.

Other spellings of Maisa

SpellingPeople (2022)
Maisa74,528
Maysa27,438
Maissa1,265

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Maysa · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Maisa · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Maissa · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Maysa

What does the name Maysa mean?

Maysa means “proud bearing, proud gait”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Maysa in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 27,438 people with the first name Maysa, which ranks it number 870 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

Maysa is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 27,286 women and 152 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Maysa?

Maysa is a name of Arabic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Maysa most common?

Proportionally, in Alagoas: 0.035% of the state's population is named Maysa (1,097 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Maysa?

Maisa and Maissa. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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