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Meaning of the nameRiane

Riane is a Brazilian female name of uncertain origin, also written Ryane, with an -ane ending of the type documented in names such as Mariane and Cristiane.

Meaning

The meaning of Riane is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
3,911
Rank in Brazil
#3,245
Median age
14 years
2010 Census
3,419
people

Riane in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Riane, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (1,425 people).

3,868 women 43 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 Riane is most common

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

  1. Amazonas 0.005%
  2. Sergipe 0.005%
  3. Rio Grande do Norte 0.004%
  4. Paraíba 0.004%
  5. Alagoas 0.004%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia4880.004%
São Paulo4310.001%
Minas Gerais3720.002%
Pará3160.004%
Pernambuco2210.002%
Rio de Janeiro2110.001%
Ceará2100.002%
Amazonas2060.005%
Maranhão1700.003%
Paraíba1590.004%
Rio Grande do Norte1440.004%
Rio Grande do Sul1260.001%
Alagoas1240.004%
Sergipe1020.005%
Paraná1000.001%
Piauí800.002%
Goiás770.001%
Amapá640.009%
Espírito Santo570.002%
Santa Catarina520.001%
Distrito Federal470.002%
Mato Grosso430.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul380.001%
Roraima280.004%
Rondônia190.001%
Tocantins160.001%

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

About the name Riane

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Ryane as a spelling variant of Riane. The ending -ane is a feminine formative of French origin (-anne), and the dictionary's Morfemário describes the variant -iane, -yane as perhaps taken from names such as Cristiane; the origin and meaning of Riane itself are not known for certain. The name is almost always female, and most of the people were born from 2000 on. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,911 people named Riane, with a median age of 14.

The most recorded spelling in the group, with I. Proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.

Other spellings of Riane

SpellingPeople (2022)
Riane3,911
Ryane1,057

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Riane · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ane, -iane) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Riane

What does the name Riane mean?

The meaning of Riane is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Riane in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,911 people with the first name Riane, which ranks it number 3,245 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

Riane is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 3,868 women and 43 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Riane most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.005% of the state's population is named Riane (206 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Riane?

Ryane. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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