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Meaning of the nameRosilane

Rosilane is a Brazilian female name formed from elements, Rosi- at the start and -lane at the end, and it has no documented meaning as a whole.

Meaning

The meaning of Rosilane 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)
8,242
Rank in Brazil
#1,948
Median age
41 years
2010 Census
8,721
people

Rosilane in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Rosilane, 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 (2,467 people).

8,196 women 46 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 Rosilane is most common

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

  1. Amazonas 0.016%
  2. Rio de Janeiro 0.010%
  3. Espírito Santo 0.008%
  4. Alagoas 0.007%
  5. Ceará 0.007%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio de Janeiro1,5780.010%
Minas Gerais1,3200.006%
Bahia9580.007%
Amazonas6380.016%
Ceará6210.007%
São Paulo4910.001%
Espírito Santo3210.008%
Pará2840.004%
Pernambuco2830.003%
Alagoas2290.007%
Maranhão2120.003%
Santa Catarina1960.003%
Goiás1920.003%
Paraíba1680.004%
Piauí1220.004%
Distrito Federal980.004%
Paraná840.001%
Rio Grande do Sul760.001%
Sergipe740.003%
Rondônia660.004%
Mato Grosso420.001%
Rio Grande do Norte400.001%
Acre340.004%
Tocantins320.002%
Amapá290.004%
Roraima290.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul250.001%

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

About the name Rosilane

Rosilane belongs to the group of Brazilian names built from elements. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) links Rosi- to Rosa and Rose, from Latin rosae, 'rose', and gives -lane as an ending of uncertain origin, perhaps from English Lanie or from French. The meaning of the whole is not known. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 8,242 people named Rosilane, almost always women, and most were born between 1970 and 1989. Proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Rosilane

What does the name Rosilane mean?

The meaning of Rosilane 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 Rosilane in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 8,242 people with the first name Rosilane, which ranks it number 1,948 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Rosilane is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 8,196 women and 46 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Rosilane most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.016% of the state's population is named Rosilane (638 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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