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Meaning of the nameTábata

Tábata is a female name of Aramaic origin, coming from Tabita, the name of a woman in the New Testament, and means 'gazelle'.

Meaning

“gazelle”

Source: Wiktionary: Tábata (Portuguese) · Behind the Name: Tabitha

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People (2022)
10,268
Rank in Brazil
#1,685
Median age
28 years
2010 Census
10,836
people

Tábata in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Tábata, 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 (3,514 people).

10,221 women 47 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 Tábata is most common

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

  1. São Paulo 0.011%
  2. Rio Grande do Sul 0.007%
  3. Rio de Janeiro 0.006%
  4. Paraná 0.006%
  5. Santa Catarina 0.005%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo4,9780.011%
Rio de Janeiro1,0250.006%
Minas Gerais8590.004%
Rio Grande do Sul7220.007%
Paraná6700.006%
Santa Catarina4120.005%
Bahia2350.002%
Pará1490.002%
Goiás1330.002%
Ceará1240.001%
Distrito Federal1160.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul1100.004%
Mato Grosso1070.003%
Pernambuco960.001%
Espírito Santo930.002%
Maranhão890.001%
Amazonas810.002%
Rio Grande do Norte610.002%
Piauí360.001%
Rondônia290.002%
Paraíba280.001%
Sergipe260.001%
Tocantins220.002%
Acre220.003%
Alagoas180.001%
Roraima160.003%

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

About the name Tábata

Wiktionary records Tábata as the Portuguese equivalent of the English Tabitha and derives it from Tabita, from the Aramaic Ṭabītā, 'doe, gazelle'. According to Behind the Name, Tabitha is the name of a woman in the New Testament, and her name was translated into Greek as Dorcas. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 10,268 people named Tábata, with a median age of 28. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) groups Tabata, Thabata, Tabatha and Thabatha as spelling variants.

Spelling with an acute accent on the first syllable, which is the stressed one; it is the most common in the group.

Other spellings of Tábata

SpellingPeople (2022)
Tábata10,268
Thabata3,037

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Tábata (Portuguese) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Tabitha · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Tabata · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Tábata

What does the name Tábata mean?

Tábata means “gazelle”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Tábata in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 10,268 people with the first name Tábata, which ranks it number 1,685 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Tábata a boy's or a girl's name?

Tábata is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 10,221 women and 47 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Tábata?

Tábata is a name of Aramaic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Tábata most common?

Proportionally, in São Paulo: 0.011% of the state's population is named Tábata (4,978 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Tábata?

Thabata. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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