Meaning of the nameNaiara

Naiara is a feminine name used in Basque, Spanish and Portuguese, taken from the Basque name of the Spanish city of Nájera, which has an Arabic origin.

Meaning

The meaning of Naiara 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): 65,477
Rank in Brazil: #466
Median age: 27 years
2010 Census: 85,605; people

Naiara in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Naiara, 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 (31,288 people).

65,201 women 276 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 Naiara is most common

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

Bahia 0.066%
Rondônia 0.056%
Minas Gerais 0.047%
Acre 0.046%
Goiás 0.037%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	13,341	0.030%
Minas Gerais	9,625	0.047%
Bahia	9,284	0.066%
Rio de Janeiro	3,202	0.020%
Paraná	3,194	0.028%
Pará	2,869	0.035%
Ceará	2,702	0.031%
Goiás	2,625	0.037%
Santa Catarina	2,434	0.032%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,986	0.018%
Maranhão	1,763	0.026%
Pernambuco	1,605	0.018%
Mato Grosso	1,272	0.035%
Amazonas	1,188	0.030%
Piauí	1,081	0.033%
Espírito Santo	1,078	0.028%
Mato Grosso do Sul	951	0.035%
Distrito Federal	939	0.033%
Rondônia	892	0.056%
Paraíba	586	0.015%
Rio Grande do Norte	573	0.017%
Sergipe	528	0.024%
Alagoas	485	0.016%
Tocantins	471	0.031%
Acre	385	0.046%
Amapá	260	0.035%
Roraima	158	0.025%

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

About the name Naiara

According to Behind the Name, Naiara comes from the Basque name of the city of Nájera, in Spain, a name of Arabic origin; the meaning is not known for certain. The same page records that, in the twelfth century, an apparition of the Virgin Mary was reported in a cave near the city. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) cites Naiara, from Basque, among names of various origins ending in -ara. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 65,477 people named Naiara, with a median age of 27. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Written with I, it is the main entry in Behind the Name. Most people with this spelling were born in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.

Other spellings of Naiara

Spelling	People (2022)
Nayara	65,629
Naiara	65,477

Sources

Behind the Name: Naiara · behindthename.com · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ara) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Naiara · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Naiara

What does the name Naiara mean?

The meaning of Naiara 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 Naiara in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 65,477 people with the first name Naiara, which ranks it number 466 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Naiara is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 65,201 women and 276 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Naiara?

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

In which Brazilian state is Naiara most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.066% of the state's population is named Naiara (9,284 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Naiara?

Nayara. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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