Meaning of the nameMonalisa
- Female
- Mo-na-li-sa
Monalisa is a feminine name of uncertain origin, written as one word, with the same form as the title of the portrait Mona Lisa.
Meaning
The meaning of Monalisa 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)
- 13,351
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,389
- Median age
- 27 years
- 2010 Census
- 12,405
- people
Monalisa in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Monalisa, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (4,043 people).
13,289 women 62 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 Monalisa is most common
States with the highest share of people named Monalisa in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Ceará 0.016%
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.015%
- Sergipe 0.013%
- Paraíba 0.010%
- Bahia 0.009%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 2,437 | 0.006% |
| Minas Gerais | 1,446 | 0.007% |
| Ceará | 1,376 | 0.016% |
| Bahia | 1,312 | 0.009% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 1,227 | 0.008% |
| Pernambuco | 807 | 0.009% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 509 | 0.015% |
| Santa Catarina | 412 | 0.005% |
| Paraíba | 389 | 0.010% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 356 | 0.003% |
| Maranhão | 352 | 0.005% |
| Paraná | 331 | 0.003% |
| Pará | 312 | 0.004% |
| Goiás | 287 | 0.004% |
| Sergipe | 283 | 0.013% |
| Piauí | 267 | 0.008% |
| Alagoas | 205 | 0.007% |
| Amazonas | 191 | 0.005% |
| Distrito Federal | 185 | 0.007% |
| Espírito Santo | 168 | 0.004% |
| Mato Grosso | 132 | 0.004% |
| Tocantins | 130 | 0.009% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 95 | 0.003% |
| Acre | 49 | 0.006% |
| Rondônia | 43 | 0.003% |
| Roraima | 38 | 0.006% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Monalisa
The origin of Monalisa as a given name is uncertain. The spelling matches the title Mona Lisa, which Wiktionary traces to the Italian Monna Lisa, 'my lady Lisa', with monna as an abbreviation of madonna. It is an almost always female name, with the largest number of records among people born in the 1980s and 1990s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 13,351 people named Monalisa, with a median age of 27. Proportionally, it is most common in Ceará.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Mona Lisa · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Questions about the name Monalisa
What does the name Monalisa mean?
The meaning of Monalisa 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 Monalisa in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 13,351 people with the first name Monalisa, which ranks it number 1,389 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Monalisa a boy's or a girl's name?
Monalisa is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 13,289 women and 62 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Monalisa most common?
Proportionally, in Ceará: 0.016% of the state's population is named Monalisa (1,376 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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