Meaning of the nameNazaré

Female
Hebrew origin
Na-za-ré

Nazaré is a feminine name that repeats the place name Nazaré, the Portuguese name of the city in Israel, from the Hebrew nāṣrat, of uncertain origin.

Meaning

The meaning of Nazaré 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): 17,333
Rank in Brazil: #1,164
Median age: 57 years
2010 Census: 25,915; people

Nazaré in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Nazaré, 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 (4,271 people).

16,641 women 692 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 Nazaré is most common

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

Pará 0.057%
Amapá 0.051%
Amazonas 0.040%
Acre 0.027%
Tocantins 0.020%

All states

State	People	% of population
Pará	4,605	0.057%
São Paulo	1,865	0.004%
Minas Gerais	1,679	0.008%
Amazonas	1,564	0.040%
Rio de Janeiro	1,431	0.009%
Maranhão	740	0.011%
Ceará	735	0.008%
Alagoas	421	0.014%
Goiás	420	0.006%
Pernambuco	394	0.004%
Amapá	372	0.051%
Santa Catarina	309	0.004%
Tocantins	300	0.020%
Paraná	284	0.003%
Rio Grande do Norte	244	0.007%
Piauí	226	0.007%
Bahia	224	0.002%
Acre	222	0.027%
Paraíba	205	0.005%
Rondônia	181	0.011%
Sergipe	180	0.008%
Distrito Federal	170	0.006%
Mato Grosso	153	0.004%
Espírito Santo	137	0.004%
Roraima	108	0.017%
Mato Grosso do Sul	83	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	81	0.001%

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

About the name Nazaré

According to Wiktionary, Nazaré is the Portuguese name of the city of Nazareth, in Israel, and also of a town in the district of Leiria, in Portugal, and of a municipality in Bahia; the same dictionary records Nazaré as a feminine name. The place name comes, through Latin Nāzareth and Koine Greek, from the Hebrew נָצְרַת (nāṣrat), of uncertain origin. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 17,333 people named Nazaré, almost always women, with a median age of 57; proportionally, the name is most common in Pará. Because IBGE does not record accents, the count combines Nazaré and Nazare.

Sources

Wiktionary: Nazaré · en.wiktionary.org · usage
Wiktionary: Nazareth · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Nazaré

What does the name Nazaré mean?

The meaning of Nazaré 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 Nazaré in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 17,333 people with the first name Nazaré, which ranks it number 1,164 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Nazaré a boy's or a girl's name?

Nazaré is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 16,641 women and 692 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Nazaré?

Nazaré is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Nazaré most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.057% of the state's population is named Nazaré (4,605 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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