Meaning of the nameRainan
- Male
- Rai-nan
Rainan is a Brazilian male name of uncertain origin, with Rainam and Raynan as spelling variants and the most records among people born in the 1990s and 2000s.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,266 people named Rainan, the 7,070th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 18, and the largest group was born in the 2000s. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.
Meaning
The meaning of Rainan 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)
- 1,266
- Rank in Brazil
- #7,070
- Median age
- 18 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,148
- people
Rainan in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Rainan, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (537 people).
75 women 1,191 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 Rainan is most common
States with the highest share of people named Rainan in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 277 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 154 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 116 | 0.001% |
| São Paulo | 104 | 0.000% |
| Amazonas | 89 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 69 | 0.000% |
| Ceará | 54 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 49 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 46 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 38 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 35 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 24 | 0.000% |
| Santa Catarina | 24 | 0.000% |
| Acre | 22 | 0.003% |
| Pernambuco | 21 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 21 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 16 | 0.000% |
| Tocantins | 15 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Rainan
The origin of the spelling Rainan is uncertain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Rainam and Raynan as spelling variants and dates the first record to 1980. The Morfemário (morpheme list) includes Rainan among Brazilian names with Rai-, an element it describes as a probable fragment of names such as Raimundo, from the French Reymond and, before that, from the Germanic Regimund (regin, 'counsel', and mund, 'protection'). The ending -nan has no documented analysis, so the meaning of Rainan is not known. It is an almost always male name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,266 people named Rainan, with a median age of 18.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Rainan · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Rainan
What does the name Rainan mean?
The meaning of Rainan 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 Rainan in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,266 people with the first name Rainan, which ranks it number 7,070 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.
Is Rainan a boy's or a girl's name?
Rainan is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 75 women and 1,191 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Rainan most common?
Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.002% of the state's population is named Rainan (154 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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