Meaning of the nameMoana
- Female
- Mo-a-na
Moana is a female name of Polynesian origin meaning 'ocean', and it was recorded in Brazil mainly for people born from 2020 onward.
- People (2022)
- 3,051
- Rank in Brazil
- #3,845
- Median age
- 2 years
- 2010 Census
- 625
- people
Moana in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Moana, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022 (1,926 people).
3,033 women 0 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 Moana is most common
States with the highest share of people named Moana in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 525 | 0.004% |
| São Paulo | 365 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 221 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 171 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 167 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 145 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 129 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 128 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 115 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 114 | 0.003% |
| Goiás | 110 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 109 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 94 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 85 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 79 | 0.002% |
| Sergipe | 79 | 0.004% |
| Piauí | 78 | 0.002% |
| Alagoas | 78 | 0.003% |
| Paraíba | 59 | 0.002% |
| Tocantins | 44 | 0.003% |
| Distrito Federal | 36 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 30 | 0.001% |
| Acre | 24 | 0.003% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 23 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 15 | 0.002% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Moana
Moana comes from moana, a word in Polynesian languages such as Hawaiian and Maori that means 'ocean'. Behind the Name describes it as a name used in Maori, Hawaiian, Tahitian, Samoan and Tongan, and Wiktionary lists the same meaning for Hawaiian. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,051 people named Moana, with a median age of 2: the largest group was born between 2020 and 2022, with 1,926 people. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Moanna, Mohana and Mohanna as spelling variants.
Sources
- Behind the Name: Moana · behindthename.com · meaning
- Wiktionary: Moana · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Moana · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Moana
What does the name Moana mean?
Moana means “ocean”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.
How many people are named Moana in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,051 people with the first name Moana, which ranks it number 3,845 among the country's names. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022.
Is Moana a boy's or a girl's name?
Moana is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 3,033 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Moana most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.004% of the state's population is named Moana (525 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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