Meaning of the nameSilvete
- Female
- Sil-ve-te
Silvete is a female name ending in -ete, a diminutive suffix that the Morfemário gives as coming from French -ette, from Latin -eta.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,037 people named Silvete, the 8,078th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 50, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.
Meaning
The meaning of Silvete 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)
- 1,037
- Rank in Brazil
- #8,078
- Median age
- 50 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,123
- people
Silvete in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Silvete, 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 (382 people).
1,021 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 Silvete is most common
States with the highest share of people named Silvete in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Santa Catarina 0.003%
- Paraná 0.001%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.000%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Catarina | 195 | 0.003% |
| Paraná | 140 | 0.001% |
| São Paulo | 134 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 122 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 49 | 0.000% |
| Alagoas | 46 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 45 | 0.000% |
| Amazonas | 44 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 36 | 0.000% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 35 | 0.000% |
| Pará | 33 | 0.000% |
| Maranhão | 30 | 0.000% |
| Paraíba | 19 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 18 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 17 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Silvete
The origin of the name Silvete is uncertain, and its meaning is not known for certain. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil describes the ending -ete as a diminutive suffix coming from French -ette and Latin -eta; the beginning Silv- has no documented element. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,037 people named Silvete, with a median age of 50. The name is almost always female, born mostly in the 1960s and 1970s, and proportionally most common in Santa Catarina.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ete) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Silvete
What does the name Silvete mean?
The meaning of Silvete 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 Silvete in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,037 people with the first name Silvete, which ranks it number 8,078 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Silvete a boy's or a girl's name?
Silvete is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,021 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Silvete most common?
Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.003% of the state's population is named Silvete (195 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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