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Meaning of the nameRosenir

Rosenir is a Brazilian female name beginning with Rose-, an element linked to Rosa; the meaning of the whole name is not known for certain.

Meaning

The meaning of Rosenir 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)
5,349
Rank in Brazil
#2,620
Median age
48 years
2010 Census
6,197
people

Rosenir in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Rosenir, 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 (2,011 people).

4,965 women 384 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 Rosenir is most common

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

  1. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.012%
  2. Tocantins 0.007%
  3. Maranhão 0.007%
  4. Mato Grosso 0.007%
  5. Rondônia 0.007%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Maranhão4790.007%
Rio de Janeiro4760.003%
São Paulo4510.001%
Bahia4440.003%
Minas Gerais3670.002%
Ceará3500.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul3160.012%
Pará3080.004%
Paraná2760.002%
Mato Grosso2520.007%
Goiás2320.003%
Espírito Santo1900.005%
Santa Catarina1590.002%
Pernambuco1460.002%
Piauí1340.004%
Amazonas1300.003%
Tocantins1110.007%
Rondônia1090.007%
Rio Grande do Sul730.001%
Distrito Federal700.003%
Acre680.008%
Paraíba630.002%
Rio Grande do Norte520.002%
Alagoas460.002%
Roraima230.004%

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

About the name Rosenir

The beginning Rose- is described in the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil as a fragment of names such as Rosa and Rose, from Latin rosae, 'rose'. The Morfemário lists names such as Rosimara and Rosinalva among those formed with this element. The origin of the ending -nir and of the spelling Rosenir is uncertain. It is almost always a female name, and most of the people were born in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,349 people named Rosenir, with a median age of 48.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (ROSA-, ROSE-, ROSI-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Rosenir · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Rosenir

What does the name Rosenir mean?

The meaning of Rosenir 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 Rosenir in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,349 people with the first name Rosenir, which ranks it number 2,620 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Rosenir is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 4,965 women and 384 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Rosenir most common?

Proportionally, in Mato Grosso do Sul: 0.012% of the state's population is named Rosenir (316 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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