Meaning of the nameOdinei
- Male
- O-di-nei
Odinei is a Brazilian male name ending in -nei, an element described by the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil); the meaning of the whole name is not known.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,292 people named Odinei, the 4,659th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 40, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Mato Grosso do Sul.
Meaning
The meaning of Odinei 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)
- 2,292
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,659
- Median age
- 40 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,636
- people
Odinei in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Odinei, 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 (903 people).
111 women 2,181 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 Odinei is most common
States with the highest share of people named Odinei in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.006%
- Mato Grosso 0.005%
- Santa Catarina 0.005%
- Pará 0.003%
- Paraná 0.003%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Catarina | 361 | 0.005% |
| Paraná | 307 | 0.003% |
| São Paulo | 285 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 252 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 220 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso | 178 | 0.005% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 156 | 0.006% |
| Bahia | 92 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 90 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 87 | 0.000% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 65 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 38 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 26 | 0.004% |
| Maranhão | 24 | 0.000% |
| Espírito Santo | 20 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 18 | 0.001% |
| Acre | 16 | 0.002% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Odinei
Odinei ends in -nei, an element that the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil traces to the French Ney and that, according to the dictionary, would be a variant of the German neu ('new'). The initial part, Odi-, has no documented origin, so the meaning of the whole name is not known with certainty. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,292 people named Odinei. The name is almost always male, with most of the records among people born in the 1970s and 1980s.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-nei) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Odinei
What does the name Odinei mean?
The meaning of Odinei 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 Odinei in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,292 people with the first name Odinei, which ranks it number 4,659 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Odinei a boy's or a girl's name?
Odinei is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 111 women and 2,181 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Odinei most common?
Proportionally, in Mato Grosso do Sul: 0.006% of the state's population is named Odinei (156 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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