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Meaning of the nameSinara

Sinara is a feminine name of uncertain origin, which the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil groups with Cinara, Cynara and Synara.

Meaning

The meaning of Sinara 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)
10,188
Rank in Brazil
#1,692
Median age
36 years
2010 Census
11,533
people

Sinara in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Sinara, 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 (3,016 people).

10,159 women 29 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 Sinara is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.017%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.011%
  3. Goiás 0.009%
  4. Amazonas 0.008%
  5. Minas Gerais 0.007%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio Grande do Sul1,8630.017%
Minas Gerais1,4800.007%
Bahia1,0000.007%
Santa Catarina8070.011%
São Paulo7320.002%
Goiás6300.009%
Ceará4670.005%
Pará4250.005%
Pernambuco3660.004%
Rio de Janeiro3410.002%
Amazonas3160.008%
Paraná2280.002%
Maranhão2210.003%
Rio Grande do Norte1690.005%
Distrito Federal1600.006%
Espírito Santo1360.004%
Mato Grosso1270.004%
Paraíba1240.003%
Piauí1050.003%
Tocantins980.007%
Mato Grosso do Sul970.004%
Alagoas960.003%
Sergipe460.002%
Acre430.005%
Roraima380.006%
Amapá370.005%
Rondônia360.002%

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

About the name Sinara

The origin of Sinara is uncertain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Cinara, Cynara, Synara and Sinnara as spelling variants; for Cinara, the same dictionary gives a separate entry, with the formation Cin- + -ara and Latin origin. The Morfemário observes that the ending -ara, although it looks Indigenous, appears in names of diverse origins, such as Jussara, Cinara and Naiara. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 10,188 people named Sinara, with a median age of 36. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul, and the name is almost always female.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Sinara · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ara) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Cinara · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Sinara

What does the name Sinara mean?

The meaning of Sinara 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 Sinara in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 10,188 people with the first name Sinara, which ranks it number 1,692 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Sinara is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 10,159 women and 29 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Sinara most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.017% of the state's population is named Sinara (1,863 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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