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Meaning of the nameNadi

Nadi is a short female name of uncertain origin in Brazil, recorded in the 2022 Census mainly among people born up to the 1960s.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,695 people named Nadi, the 5,749th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 60, and the largest group was born in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Meaning

The meaning of Nadi is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
1,695
Rank in Brazil
#5,749
Median age
60 years
2010 Census
1,720
people

Nadi in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Nadi, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (407 people).

1,594 women 101 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 Nadi is most common

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

  1. Bahia 0.002%
  2. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
  3. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  4. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia2620.002%
São Paulo1680.000%
Rio de Janeiro1440.001%
Minas Gerais1340.001%
Pará980.001%
Pernambuco840.001%
Amazonas790.002%
Rio Grande do Sul770.001%
Maranhão690.001%
Alagoas610.002%
Santa Catarina530.001%
Espírito Santo510.001%
Goiás470.001%
Paraná460.000%
Tocantins460.003%
Ceará450.001%
Rio Grande do Norte430.001%
Paraíba390.001%
Piauí310.001%
Distrito Federal310.001%
Mato Grosso240.001%
Sergipe210.001%
Rondônia160.001%

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

About the name Nadi

The origin of the name Nadi in Brazil is uncertain, and its meaning is not known for certain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Nabi, Nady and Nadir, among others, as spelling variants. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,695 people named Nadi, with a median age of 60. The name is more female than male.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Nadi · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Nadi

What does the name Nadi mean?

The meaning of Nadi is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Nadi in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,695 people with the first name Nadi, which ranks it number 5,749 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Nadi is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,594 women and 101 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Nadi most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.002% of the state's population is named Nadi (262 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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