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Meaning of the nameSirlene

Sirlene is a feminine name of uncertain origin, ending in the formative -lene, the same as in Marlene and Rosilene.

Meaning

The meaning of Sirlene 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)
43,067
Rank in Brazil
#628
Median age
46 years
2010 Census
45,293
people

Sirlene in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Sirlene, 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 (16,381 people).

42,908 women 159 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 Sirlene is most common

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

  1. Goiás 0.053%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.045%
  3. Paraná 0.044%
  4. Rondônia 0.043%
  5. Espírito Santo 0.038%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Minas Gerais9,2020.045%
São Paulo7,6190.017%
Paraná5,0750.044%
Bahia4,3150.031%
Goiás3,7500.053%
Rio de Janeiro2,2460.014%
Santa Catarina2,1760.029%
Espírito Santo1,4550.038%
Mato Grosso1,3550.037%
Rio Grande do Sul9400.009%
Pará7480.009%
Mato Grosso do Sul7400.027%
Rondônia6840.043%
Alagoas4670.015%
Distrito Federal4660.017%
Pernambuco3670.004%
Tocantins3530.023%
Maranhão3250.005%
Amazonas1910.005%
Ceará1530.002%
Acre910.011%
Paraíba780.002%
Sergipe720.003%
Piauí660.002%
Rio Grande do Norte460.001%
Amapá460.006%
Roraima410.006%

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

About the name Sirlene

The ending -lene is a formative described in the Morfemário (morpheme list) of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), probably coming from French -enne or taken from names such as Irene and Marlene; it also appears in Darlene and Rosilene. The origin of the first part, Sir-, is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 43,067 people named Sirlene, peaking among those born in the 1970s. The name is almost always female and, proportionally, most common in Goiás.

This is the most recorded spelling in the group, with a single S at the start.

Other spellings of Sirlene

SpellingPeople (2022)
Sirlene43,067
Shirlene5,897

Sources

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

Questions about the name Sirlene

What does the name Sirlene mean?

The meaning of Sirlene 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 Sirlene in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 43,067 people with the first name Sirlene, which ranks it number 628 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Sirlene is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 42,908 women and 159 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Sirlene most common?

Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.053% of the state's population is named Sirlene (3,750 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Sirlene?

Shirlene. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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