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Meaning of the nameRegivania

Regivania is a modern Brazilian female name whose origin and meaning are not known for certain.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,253 people named Regivania, the 7,123rd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 36, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Ceará.

Meaning

The meaning of Regivania 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)
1,253
Rank in Brazil
#7,123
Median age
36 years
2010 Census
1,375
people

Regivania in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Regivania, 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 (480 people).

1,248 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 Regivania is most common

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

  1. Ceará 0.003%
  2. Pernambuco 0.002%
  3. Maranhão 0.002%
  4. Bahia 0.001%
  5. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Ceará2620.003%
São Paulo1550.000%
Pernambuco1420.002%
Bahia1270.001%
Maranhão1010.002%
Rio Grande do Norte800.002%
Sergipe590.003%
Pará550.001%
Paraíba380.001%
Alagoas380.001%
Goiás290.000%
Minas Gerais270.000%
Piauí270.001%
Rio de Janeiro200.000%
Tocantins170.001%
Distrito Federal160.001%
Mato Grosso150.000%

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

About the name Regivania

The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) indicates Regi- as a probable fragment of names such as Regina, from Latin 'queen', and the ending -vania appears in other names, such as Lucivânia and Robervania. The origin of the name as a whole is uncertain, and no meaning is known for it. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,253 people named Regivania, with a median age of 36. It is almost always a female name, and most were born in the 1970s and 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Ceará.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Regivania

What does the name Regivania mean?

The meaning of Regivania 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 Regivania in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,253 people with the first name Regivania, which ranks it number 7,123 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Regivania is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,248 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Regivania most common?

Proportionally, in Ceará: 0.003% of the state's population is named Regivania (262 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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