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Meaning of the nameRegiane

Regiane is a Brazilian female name probably formed from Regina, the Latin word for 'queen', with the ending -ane.

Meaning

“possibly a form of Regina, 'queen'”

Source: Behind the Name: Regiane · Behind the Name: Regina

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People (2022)
90,942
Rank in Brazil
#345
Median age
38 years
2010 Census
96,816
people

Regiane in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Regiane, 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 (39,793 people).

90,578 women 364 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 Regiane is most common

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

  1. Amapá 0.078%
  2. Pará 0.071%
  3. Rondônia 0.070%
  4. São Paulo 0.069%
  5. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.064%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo30,6560.069%
Minas Gerais10,8780.053%
Paraná7,1560.063%
Pará5,7430.071%
Bahia4,7330.034%
Rio de Janeiro4,2000.026%
Santa Catarina3,0690.040%
Ceará3,0370.035%
Goiás2,9630.042%
Maranhão2,9230.043%
Amazonas2,2280.057%
Mato Grosso2,1010.057%
Espírito Santo1,8190.047%
Mato Grosso do Sul1,7750.064%
Rondônia1,1060.070%
Rio Grande do Sul1,0940.010%
Distrito Federal8600.031%
Pernambuco8570.010%
Piauí6730.021%
Amapá5720.078%
Tocantins5510.037%
Acre4030.049%
Sergipe3710.017%
Alagoas3330.011%
Rio Grande do Norte3310.010%
Paraíba2920.007%
Roraima2180.034%

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

About the name Regiane

Behind the Name says that Regiane is possibly a variant of Regina, a name meaning 'queen' in Latin. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) includes Regiane among the Brazilian names with Regi-, an element probably taken from Regina, and describes the ending -ane as a formative coming from the French -anne, also present in Mariane and Luciane. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 90,942 people named Regiane, with a median age of 38. The name is almost always female, with the largest group born in the 1980s, and, proportionally, most common in Amapá.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Regiane · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Regina · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Morfemário: Regi-, -ane · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Regiane · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Regiane

What does the name Regiane mean?

Regiane means “possibly a form of Regina, 'queen'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Regiane in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 90,942 people with the first name Regiane, which ranks it number 345 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Regiane is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 90,578 women and 364 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Regiane?

Regiane is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Regiane most common?

Proportionally, in Amapá: 0.078% of the state's population is named Regiane (572 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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