Meaning of the nameOrlandina
- Female
- Or-lan-di-na
Orlandina is a Brazilian feminine name of undocumented origin, recorded mostly among people born up to the 1960s.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,693 people named Orlandina, the 4,176th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 67, and the largest group was born in the 1950s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.
Meaning
The meaning of Orlandina 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)
- 2,693
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,176
- Median age
- 67 years
- 2010 Census
- 3,740
- people
Orlandina in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Orlandina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (713 people).
2,674 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 Orlandina is most common
States with the highest share of people named Orlandina in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Pará 0.006%
- Espírito Santo 0.004%
- Goiás 0.004%
- Amazonas 0.004%
- Santa Catarina 0.003%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Pará | 448 | 0.006% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 278 | 0.003% |
| Goiás | 253 | 0.004% |
| Santa Catarina | 238 | 0.003% |
| Minas Gerais | 221 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 214 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 165 | 0.004% |
| São Paulo | 157 | 0.000% |
| Amazonas | 141 | 0.004% |
| Paraná | 81 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 77 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 60 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 45 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 44 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 43 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 41 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 40 | 0.003% |
| Amapá | 35 | 0.005% |
| Tocantins | 30 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 26 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Orlandina
The origin of the spelling Orlandina is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,693 people named Orlandina, with a median age of 67. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará. The Portuguese Wiktionary lists it as a feminine given name and relates Orlanda, Orlandino and Orlando. Orlando is the Italian form of Roland, of Germanic origin, and Wiktionary translates the compound as 'fame-land'; the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records -ina as a Latin diminutive suffix in feminine names, but the relationship of Orlandina to these elements is not known for certain.
Sources
- Wikcionário: Orlandina · pt.wiktionary.org · spelling
- Wiktionary: Orlando · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Orlandina
What does the name Orlandina mean?
The meaning of Orlandina 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 Orlandina in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,693 people with the first name Orlandina, which ranks it number 4,176 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.
Is Orlandina a boy's or a girl's name?
Orlandina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,674 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Orlandina most common?
Proportionally, in Pará: 0.006% of the state's population is named Orlandina (448 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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