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Meaning of the nameTairine

Tairine is a Brazilian female name ending in -ine, with many spelling variants; most of the records are of those born in the 1990s.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,455 people named Tairine, the 4,465th 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 Santa Catarina.

Meaning

The meaning of Tairine 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)
2,455
Rank in Brazil
#4,465
Median age
29 years
2010 Census
3,173
people

Tairine in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Tairine, 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 (1,844 people).

2,443 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 Tairine is most common

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

  1. Santa Catarina 0.002%
  2. Bahia 0.002%
  3. Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
  4. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
  5. São Paulo 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo5710.001%
Bahia3110.002%
Minas Gerais2590.001%
Rio Grande do Sul2260.002%
Rio de Janeiro2180.001%
Santa Catarina1770.002%
Paraná1530.001%
Goiás900.001%
Pernambuco490.001%
Sergipe420.002%
Acre380.005%
Mato Grosso350.001%
Maranhão320.001%
Ceará290.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul280.001%
Rondônia280.002%
Pará270.000%
Espírito Santo250.001%
Distrito Federal250.001%
Amazonas190.001%
Tocantins170.001%
Piauí150.001%
Alagoas150.001%

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

About the name Tairine

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Tayrine, Thairine, Thayrine, Tairyne, Thairyne, Tayrinne and Thayrinne as spelling variants of Tairine. The ending -ine is, according to the Morfemário, from French -ine, from Latin -ina, a diminutive affix, and appears in Aline, Caroline and Janine. The origin of Tairine itself is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,455 people named Tairine, with a median age of 29. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Tairine

What does the name Tairine mean?

The meaning of Tairine 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 Tairine in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,455 people with the first name Tairine, which ranks it number 4,465 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Tairine is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,443 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Tairine most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.002% of the state's population is named Tairine (177 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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