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Meaning of the nameSiomara

Siomara is a female name of Brazilian formation, ending in -mara, whose exact origin is not known for certain.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,726 people named Siomara, the 5,674th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 50, and the largest group was born in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.

Meaning

The meaning of Siomara 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)
1,726
Rank in Brazil
#5,674
Median age
50 years
2010 Census
1,739
people

Siomara in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Siomara, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (584 people).

1,724 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 Siomara is most common

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

  1. Santa Catarina 0.002%
  2. Bahia 0.002%
  3. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  4. São Paulo 0.001%
  5. Paraná 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo4890.001%
Minas Gerais2470.001%
Bahia2260.002%
Santa Catarina1790.002%
Paraná1150.001%
Rio Grande do Sul1130.001%
Rio de Janeiro640.000%
Goiás400.001%
Amazonas280.001%
Ceará210.000%
Distrito Federal190.001%
Rio Grande do Norte180.001%
Espírito Santo180.001%
Mato Grosso180.001%
Alagoas170.001%
Pernambuco160.000%
Pará150.000%
Paraíba150.000%
Sergipe150.001%

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

About the name Siomara

The origin of the name Siomara is uncertain. According to the morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, the ending -mara has three hypotheses: a hypocoristic of Maria, Hebrew marah ('bitterness') or Tupi marã ('bad'). Which of them applies to Siomara is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,726 people named Siomara, with a median age of 50. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina. It is almost always a female name, with people born mostly in the 1960s and 1970s.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Siomara

What does the name Siomara mean?

The meaning of Siomara 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 Siomara in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,726 people with the first name Siomara, which ranks it number 5,674 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Siomara is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,724 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Siomara most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.002% of the state's population is named Siomara (179 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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