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Meaning of the nameRailene

Railene is a Brazilian feminine name with the beginning Rai- and the ending -lene, two formatives common in the country; the meaning of the whole name is not known for certain.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,171 people named Railene, the 4,837th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 25, and the largest group was born in the 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Acre.

Meaning

The meaning of Railene 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)
2,171
Rank in Brazil
#4,837
Median age
25 years
2010 Census
2,491
people

Railene in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Railene, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (786 people).

2,162 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 Railene is most common

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

  1. Acre 0.013%
  2. Amazonas 0.006%
  3. Pará 0.006%
  4. Maranhão 0.006%
  5. Piauí 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pará4770.006%
Maranhão3840.006%
Amazonas2480.006%
Bahia1740.001%
Acre1040.013%
Piauí1030.003%
Goiás940.001%
Tocantins770.005%
Minas Gerais690.000%
São Paulo640.000%
Amapá590.008%
Ceará530.001%
Distrito Federal510.002%
Mato Grosso310.001%
Roraima290.005%
Pernambuco230.000%
Sergipe230.001%
Rondônia230.002%
Rio Grande do Norte180.001%

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

About the name Railene

According to the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), Rai- is a probable fragment of names such as Raimundo, of Germanic origin, and -lene perhaps comes from French -enne or from names such as Irene and Marlene. The formation of Railene itself is not documented, and the meaning of the name is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,171 people named Railene, with a median age of 25. Proportionally, it is most common in Acre. The records are almost always female, and most were born in the 1990s and 2000s.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Railene

What does the name Railene mean?

The meaning of Railene 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 Railene in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,171 people with the first name Railene, which ranks it number 4,837 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Railene is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,162 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Railene most common?

Proportionally, in Acre: 0.013% of the state's population is named Railene (104 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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