Meaning of the nameMilene
- Female
- Mi-le-ne
Milene is a female name of uncertain origin, close in form to the French Milène, which Machado (1981) gives as one of the sources of Milena.
Meaning
The meaning of Milene 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)
- 37,821
- Rank in Brazil
- #699
- Median age
- 25 years
- 2010 Census
- 38,098
- people
Milene in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Milene, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (12,118 people).
37,647 women 174 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 Milene is most common
States with the highest share of people named Milene in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.030%
- Pará 0.029%
- Amapá 0.026%
- Minas Gerais 0.023%
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.021%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 9,163 | 0.021% |
| Minas Gerais | 4,723 | 0.023% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 3,254 | 0.030% |
| Bahia | 2,747 | 0.019% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 2,597 | 0.016% |
| Pará | 2,329 | 0.029% |
| Paraná | 2,205 | 0.019% |
| Santa Catarina | 1,405 | 0.019% |
| Goiás | 1,191 | 0.017% |
| Pernambuco | 1,104 | 0.012% |
| Maranhão | 824 | 0.012% |
| Ceará | 730 | 0.008% |
| Amazonas | 631 | 0.016% |
| Mato Grosso | 604 | 0.017% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 581 | 0.021% |
| Paraíba | 553 | 0.014% |
| Alagoas | 461 | 0.015% |
| Distrito Federal | 461 | 0.016% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 432 | 0.013% |
| Espírito Santo | 419 | 0.011% |
| Piauí | 372 | 0.011% |
| Sergipe | 315 | 0.014% |
| Rondônia | 234 | 0.015% |
| Amapá | 190 | 0.026% |
| Tocantins | 135 | 0.009% |
| Roraima | 89 | 0.014% |
| Acre | 72 | 0.009% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Milene
The origin of the spelling Milene is uncertain. It matches, without the accent, the French Milène, which José Pedro Machado (1981), cited by the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), gives as one of the sources of Milena, alongside the Italian Milena, a hypocoristic of Maria Elena or Maria Madalena. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 37,821 people named Milene, with a median age of 25. Most were born in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, and the name is almost always female.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Milena · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Milene
What does the name Milene mean?
The meaning of Milene 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 Milene in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 37,821 people with the first name Milene, which ranks it number 699 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.
Is Milene a boy's or a girl's name?
Milene is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 37,647 women and 174 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Milene most common?
Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.030% of the state's population is named Milene (3,254 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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