Meaning of the nameOscarina
- Female
- Os-ca-ri-na
Oscarina is a Brazilian female name that recalls the male name Oscar and ends in -ina, an affix of Latin origin.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,440 people named Oscarina, the 4,491st most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 66, and the largest group was born in the 1950s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.
Meaning
The meaning of Oscarina 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)
- 2,440
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,491
- Median age
- 66 years
- 2010 Census
- 3,447
- people
Oscarina in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Oscarina, 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 (568 people).
2,428 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 Oscarina is most common
States with the highest share of people named Oscarina in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Pará 0.010%
- Amazonas 0.003%
- Ceará 0.002%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Pará | 785 | 0.010% |
| Minas Gerais | 218 | 0.001% |
| São Paulo | 203 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 191 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 187 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 117 | 0.003% |
| Goiás | 80 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 66 | 0.009% |
| Piauí | 58 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 56 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 52 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 45 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 42 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 41 | 0.000% |
| Paraná | 39 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 36 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 34 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 26 | 0.000% |
| Acre | 26 | 0.003% |
| Paraíba | 25 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 25 | 0.001% |
| Roraima | 21 | 0.003% |
| Rondônia | 19 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 19 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Oscarina
Oscarina recalls the male name Oscar and ends in -ina, an affix that the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes as a diminutive, from Latin. The origin of Oscar itself is uncertain, according to Wiktionary, which links it to two unrelated ancient names, one Irish and one English. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,440 people named Oscarina, with a median age of 66. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará. More than half were born before 1960, and the name is almost always female.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Oscar · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Oscarina
What does the name Oscarina mean?
The meaning of Oscarina 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 Oscarina in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,440 people with the first name Oscarina, which ranks it number 4,491 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.
Is Oscarina a boy's or a girl's name?
Oscarina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,428 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Oscarina most common?
Proportionally, in Pará: 0.010% of the state's population is named Oscarina (785 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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