Meaning of the nameNayara

Nayara is a spelling of the name Naiara.

Meaning

The meaning of Nayara 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): 65,629
Rank in Brazil: #465
Median age: 26 years
2010 Census: 47,968; people

Nayara in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Nayara, 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 (32,372 people).

65,355 women 274 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 Nayara is most common

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

Minas Gerais 0.061%
Goiás 0.054%
Distrito Federal 0.051%
Roraima 0.039%
Mato Grosso 0.039%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	14,434	0.033%
Minas Gerais	12,614	0.061%
Rio de Janeiro	3,886	0.024%
Goiás	3,833	0.054%
Paraná	3,193	0.028%
Ceará	2,830	0.032%
Pernambuco	2,765	0.031%
Pará	2,717	0.034%
Maranhão	2,458	0.036%
Bahia	1,522	0.011%
Distrito Federal	1,440	0.051%
Mato Grosso	1,411	0.039%
Amazonas	1,372	0.035%
Paraíba	1,352	0.034%
Espírito Santo	1,326	0.035%
Santa Catarina	1,207	0.016%
Alagoas	1,166	0.037%
Piauí	1,144	0.035%
Mato Grosso do Sul	1,044	0.038%
Rio Grande do Norte	987	0.030%
Sergipe	677	0.031%
Tocantins	569	0.038%
Rondônia	564	0.036%
Rio Grande do Sul	441	0.004%
Roraima	247	0.039%
Amapá	219	0.030%
Acre	211	0.025%

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

The spelling Nayara

It swaps the I for a Y and is the most common spelling in the group. Behind the Name records it as a Spanish and Portuguese variant, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) as a graphic variant of Naiara.

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.

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 Nayara

What does the name Nayara mean?

The meaning of Nayara 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 Nayara in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 65,629 people with the first name Nayara, which ranks it number 465 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Nayara is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 65,355 women and 274 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Nayara?

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

In which Brazilian state is Nayara most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.061% of the state's population is named Nayara (12,614 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Nayara?

Naiara. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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