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Meaning of the nameRutilene

Rutilene is a Brazilian female name that ends in -lene, a formative linked to the French -enne, and whose beginning has no documented derivation.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,288 people named Rutilene, the 6,982nd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 40, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

Meaning

The meaning of Rutilene 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)
1,288
Rank in Brazil
#6,982
Median age
40 years
2010 Census
1,478
people

Rutilene in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Rutilene, 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 (425 people).

1,284 women 0 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 Rutilene is most common

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

  1. Pará 0.005%
  2. Maranhão 0.004%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pará3950.005%
Maranhão2400.004%
Amapá690.009%
Rio Grande do Norte570.002%
Minas Gerais500.000%
Rio de Janeiro490.000%
Amazonas490.001%
Acre460.006%
São Paulo430.000%
Bahia400.000%
Ceará350.000%
Espírito Santo320.001%
Tocantins230.002%
Mato Grosso210.001%
Paraíba190.001%
Rondônia190.001%
Goiás180.000%
Distrito Federal160.001%

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

About the name Rutilene

The origin of Rutilene is uncertain. It ends in -lene, which the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) gives as probably from the French -enne or taken from given names such as Irene and Marlene; the beginning Ruti- has no documented derivation, so no meaning is assigned. Most were born in the 1970s and 1980s, and almost all are women. IBGE recorded 1,288 people named Rutilene in the 2022 Census, with a median age of 40. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Rutilene

What does the name Rutilene mean?

The meaning of Rutilene 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 Rutilene in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,288 people with the first name Rutilene, which ranks it number 6,982 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Rutilene is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,284 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Rutilene most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.005% of the state's population is named Rutilene (395 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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