Meaning of the nameSivirina
- Female
- Si-vi-ri-na
Sivirina is a Brazilian female name of uncertain origin, ending in -ina, most often recorded among people born up to the 1960s and proportionally most common in Pernambuco.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,263 people named Sivirina, the 7,078th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 68, and the largest group was born in the 1950s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pernambuco.
Meaning
The meaning of Sivirina 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)
- 1,263
- Rank in Brazil
- #7,078
- Median age
- 68 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,445
- people
Sivirina in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Sivirina, 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 (383 people).
1,257 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 Sivirina is most common
States with the highest share of people named Sivirina in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Pernambuco 0.005%
- Paraíba 0.004%
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.004%
- Alagoas 0.003%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Pernambuco | 477 | 0.005% |
| Paraíba | 175 | 0.004% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 137 | 0.004% |
| Alagoas | 104 | 0.003% |
| São Paulo | 76 | 0.000% |
| Bahia | 58 | 0.000% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 53 | 0.000% |
| Ceará | 39 | 0.000% |
| Pará | 18 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 17 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Sivirina
The origin of the spelling Sivirina is uncertain. It ends in -ina, which the Morfemário (morpheme list) of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) links to the Latin diminutive affix -ina, found in female names such as Cristina, Regina and Valentina. The meaning of Sivirina is not known. It is an almost always female name, and most of the records are of people born in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,263 people named Sivirina, with a median age of 68.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Sivirina
What does the name Sivirina mean?
The meaning of Sivirina 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 Sivirina in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,263 people with the first name Sivirina, which ranks it number 7,078 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.
Is Sivirina a boy's or a girl's name?
Sivirina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,257 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Sivirina most common?
Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.005% of the state's population is named Sivirina (477 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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