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Meaning of the nameRosinete

Rosinete is a Brazilian female name beginning with Rosi-, linked to Rosa, and ending in -ete, a formative of French origin, as in Josinete and Francinete.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 16,811 people named Rosinete, the 1,190th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 48, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Amapá.

Meaning

The meaning of Rosinete is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
16,811
Rank in Brazil
#1,190
Median age
48 years
2010 Census
18,032
people

Rosinete in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Rosinete, 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 (5,611 people).

16,732 women 79 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 Rosinete is most common

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

  1. Amapá 0.033%
  2. Maranhão 0.027%
  3. Pará 0.027%
  4. Paraíba 0.025%
  5. Pernambuco 0.021%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pará2,2010.027%
Pernambuco1,8560.021%
Maranhão1,8560.027%
São Paulo1,6330.004%
Rio de Janeiro1,3510.008%
Paraíba9810.025%
Bahia9370.007%
Santa Catarina8480.011%
Amazonas6950.018%
Alagoas4690.015%
Mato Grosso4320.012%
Minas Gerais4180.002%
Espírito Santo3830.010%
Rio Grande do Norte3260.010%
Paraná3240.003%
Ceará3240.004%
Piauí2960.009%
Goiás2920.004%
Amapá2430.033%
Rondônia1810.011%
Distrito Federal1540.006%
Mato Grosso do Sul1490.005%
Sergipe1280.006%
Tocantins1020.007%
Roraima900.014%
Acre820.010%
Rio Grande do Sul600.001%

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

About the name Rosinete

The morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes Rosi- as a fragment of Rosa or Rose, both from the Latin rosae, 'rose', and -ete as a formative from the French -ette, from the Latin -eta, a diminutive affix. The meaning of the whole name is not known for certain. The same dictionary records Rozinete as a spelling variant of Rosinete. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 16,811 people named Rosinete, with a median age of 48, almost always female. Proportionally, it is most common in Amapá.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Rosi-, -ete) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Rosinete · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Rosinete

What does the name Rosinete mean?

The meaning of Rosinete is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Rosinete in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 16,811 people with the first name Rosinete, which ranks it number 1,190 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Rosinete is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 16,732 women and 79 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Rosinete most common?

Proportionally, in Amapá: 0.033% of the state's population is named Rosinete (243 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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