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Meaning of the nameNeiliane

Neiliane is a Brazilian feminine name ending in -iane, an element in names such as Cristiane, with records mainly from the 1980s onward.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 971 people named Neiliane, the 8,468th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 33, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Ceará.

Meaning

The meaning of Neiliane 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)
971
Rank in Brazil
#8,468
Median age
33 years
2010 Census
1,126
people

Neiliane in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Neiliane, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (378 people).

965 women 0 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 Neiliane is most common

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

  1. Ceará 0.002%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Ceará1700.002%
Minas Gerais1170.001%
Pará960.001%
Amazonas850.002%
Bahia780.001%
Goiás720.001%
São Paulo510.000%
Maranhão450.001%
Rio de Janeiro310.000%
Piauí220.001%
Mato Grosso200.001%
Espírito Santo180.001%
Tocantins180.001%
Rondônia170.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul160.001%
Rio Grande do Norte150.001%
Acre150.002%

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

About the name Neiliane

Neiliane has no documented meaning as a whole. According to the Morfemário (morpheme list) of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), the ending -iane is perhaps a fragment of given names such as Cristiane and appears in names such as Raiane and Juciane. The initial part, Neil-, is of uncertain origin. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 971 people named Neiliane, with a median age of 33. The records are almost always female and come from people born between the 1970s and the 2010s, with the most births in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Ceará.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Neiliane

What does the name Neiliane mean?

The meaning of Neiliane 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 Neiliane in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 971 people with the first name Neiliane, which ranks it number 8,468 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Neiliane is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 965 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Neiliane most common?

Proportionally, in Ceará: 0.002% of the state's population is named Neiliane (170 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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