Meaning of the nameRodnei
- Male
- Rod-nei
Rodnei is a male name; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Rodney, a name of English origin, among its spelling variants.
Meaning
The meaning of Rodnei 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)
- 4,358
- Rank in Brazil
- #3,017
- Median age
- 42 years
- 2010 Census
- 5,057
- people
Rodnei in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Rodnei, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (1,319 people).
22 women 4,336 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 Rodnei is most common
States with the highest share of people named Rodnei in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Santa Catarina 0.005%
- São Paulo 0.005%
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.004%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.003%
- Minas Gerais 0.003%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 1,980 | 0.005% |
| Minas Gerais | 544 | 0.003% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 453 | 0.003% |
| Santa Catarina | 408 | 0.005% |
| Paraná | 187 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 157 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 103 | 0.004% |
| Bahia | 92 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 68 | 0.002% |
| Espírito Santo | 64 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 42 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 41 | 0.002% |
| Amazonas | 40 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 38 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 27 | 0.000% |
| Rondônia | 24 | 0.002% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Rodnei
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Rodney and Rhodney as spelling variants of Rodnei. The origin of the spelling Rodnei is uncertain, but the ending -nei appears in other Brazilian names, such as Ednei, Cidnei and Robnei, and the Dictionary's morpheme list links it to the French Ney. Rodney is an English name that came from a surname, which in turn came from an Old English place name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,358 people named Rodnei, with a median age of 42, almost always men, and the births are concentrated between 1960 and 1989. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.
It is the most common spelling in the group and ends in -nei, instead of the English -ney.
Other spellings of Rodnei
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Rodnei | 4,358 |
| Rodney | 3,961 |
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Rodnei · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
- Wiktionary: Rodney · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-nei) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Rodnei
What does the name Rodnei mean?
The meaning of Rodnei 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 Rodnei in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,358 people with the first name Rodnei, which ranks it number 3,017 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Rodnei a boy's or a girl's name?
Rodnei is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 22 women and 4,336 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Rodnei most common?
Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.005% of the state's population is named Rodnei (408 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Rodnei?
Rodney. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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