Meaning of the nameSalvina
- Female
- Sal-vi-na
Salvina is a feminine name ending in -ina, a diminutive suffix of Latin origin; the origin of the name as a whole is uncertain.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,439 people named Salvina, the 6,449th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 67, and the largest group was born in the 1950s. Proportionally, it is most common in Minas Gerais.
Meaning
The meaning of Salvina 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)
- 1,439
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,449
- Median age
- 67 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,079
- people
Salvina in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Salvina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (356 people).
1,434 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 Salvina is most common
States with the highest share of people named Salvina in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Minas Gerais 0.002%
- São Paulo 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Minas Gerais | 496 | 0.002% |
| São Paulo | 221 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 90 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 66 | 0.000% |
| Paraná | 58 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 56 | 0.000% |
| Pernambuco | 55 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 47 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 42 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 35 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 32 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 31 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 31 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 29 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 26 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 23 | 0.000% |
| Santa Catarina | 21 | 0.000% |
| Amazonas | 19 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 19 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Salvina
The origin of Salvina is uncertain. The morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil describes the ending -ina, found in Valentina and Regina, as a diminutive suffix from Latin. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,439 people named Salvina, with a median age of 67. The records are almost always female and come from people born from before 1940 through the 1990s, with the largest groups in the 1940s and 1950s. Proportionally, it is most common in Minas Gerais.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ina) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Salvina
What does the name Salvina mean?
The meaning of Salvina 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 Salvina in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,439 people with the first name Salvina, which ranks it number 6,449 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.
Is Salvina a boy's or a girl's name?
Salvina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,434 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Salvina most common?
Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.002% of the state's population is named Salvina (496 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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