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Meaning of the nameRhavi

Rhavi is a spelling of the name Ravi, which means “sun”.

Meaning

“sun”

Meaning of the name Ravi, of which Rhavi is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Ravi · Behind the Name: Ravi

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People (2022)
4,759
Rank in Brazil
#2,831
Median age
1 years
2010 Census
65
people

Rhavi in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Rhavi, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022 (4,210 people).

58 women 4,701 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 Rhavi is most common

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

  1. Espírito Santo 0.005%
  2. Bahia 0.004%
  3. Amazonas 0.003%
  4. Paraíba 0.003%
  5. Minas Gerais 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo7390.002%
Minas Gerais5680.003%
Bahia5440.004%
Rio de Janeiro3610.002%
Paraná2610.002%
Pernambuco2440.003%
Goiás2000.003%
Maranhão1850.003%
Pará1840.002%
Ceará1780.002%
Espírito Santo1720.005%
Rio Grande do Sul1650.002%
Santa Catarina1610.002%
Amazonas1180.003%
Paraíba1170.003%
Mato Grosso940.003%
Piauí630.002%
Alagoas620.002%
Rio Grande do Norte610.002%
Distrito Federal550.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul520.002%
Tocantins430.003%
Sergipe330.002%
Rondônia310.002%
Acre250.003%
Amapá250.003%
Roraima180.003%

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

The spelling Rhavi

It inserts an H after the R and keeps the final I.

About the name Ravi

Wiktionary records Ravi as a name taken from Sanskrit रवि (ravi), 'the sun or the sun god'. Behind the Name agrees: the name comes from a Sanskrit word for the sun, which in the Hindu tradition also names a solar deity. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 63,267 people named Ravi, with a median age of 1; proportionally, it is most common in Bahia. Almost all were born from 2010 onward, and the name is almost always male. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Ravy, Rhavi and Rhavy as spelling variants of Ravi.

Other spellings of Ravi

SpellingPeople (2022)
Ravi63,267
Ravy6,055
Rhavi4,759
Rhavy1,811

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Ravi · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Ravi · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ravi · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Rhavi

What does the name Rhavi mean?

Rhavi means “sun”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Ravi, of which Rhavi is a spelling.

How many people are named Rhavi in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,759 people with the first name Rhavi, which ranks it number 2,831 among the country's names. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022.

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

Rhavi is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 58 women and 4,701 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Rhavi?

Rhavi is a name of Sanskrit origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Rhavi most common?

Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.005% of the state's population is named Rhavi (172 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Rhavi?

Ravi, Ravy and Rhavy. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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