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Meaning of the nameSuliane

Suliane is a feminine name that also exists in French, of Breton origin, and in Brazil it fits the pattern of names ending in -ane.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 968 people named Suliane, the 8,489th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 29, and the largest group was born in the 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Ceará.

Meaning

The meaning of Suliane 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)
968
Rank in Brazil
#8,489
Median age
29 years
2010 Census
1,032
people

Suliane in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Suliane, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (404 people).

963 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 Suliane is most common

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

  1. Ceará 0.002%
  2. Pará 0.001%
  3. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Ceará1370.002%
Pará1050.001%
São Paulo1010.000%
Paraná970.001%
Minas Gerais660.000%
Amazonas660.002%
Santa Catarina640.001%
Bahia440.000%
Rio de Janeiro430.000%
Maranhão300.000%
Rio Grande do Sul230.000%
Espírito Santo220.001%
Distrito Federal210.001%
Goiás190.000%
Rondônia160.001%
Mato Grosso150.000%
Piauí150.001%

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

About the name Suliane

Wiktionary records Suliane as a French feminine name of Breton origin, taken from Sulian, a Breton masculine name that the same dictionary gives as a variant of Sulio. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes -ane as a feminine formative of Brazilian names, from the French -anne. The meaning of Suliane is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 968 people named Suliane, with a median age of 29.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Suliane · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Sulian · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Suliane

What does the name Suliane mean?

The meaning of Suliane 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 Suliane in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 968 people with the first name Suliane, which ranks it number 8,489 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Suliane is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 963 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Suliane most common?

Proportionally, in Ceará: 0.002% of the state's population is named Suliane (137 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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