Meaning of the nameTeresina

Female
Latin origin
Te-re-si-na

Teresina is a female name that is also the name of the capital of Piauí, formed from Teresa plus the suffix -ina.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,737 people named Teresina, the 5,641st most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 67, and the largest group was born in the 1950s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

Meaning

The meaning of Teresina 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): 1,737
Rank in Brazil: #5,641
Median age: 67 years
2010 Census: 1,663; people

Teresina in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Teresina, 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 (527 people).

1,730 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 Teresina is most common

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

Pará 0.001%
Pernambuco 0.001%
Minas Gerais 0.001%
Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
Bahia 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	276	0.001%
Minas Gerais	195	0.001%
Pernambuco	109	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	106	0.001%
Pará	104	0.001%
Bahia	102	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	98	0.001%
Ceará	86	0.001%
Goiás	86	0.001%
Paraná	71	0.001%
Santa Catarina	64	0.001%
Maranhão	64	0.001%
Piauí	48	0.002%
Distrito Federal	47	0.002%
Paraíba	46	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	36	0.001%
Mato Grosso	31	0.001%
Tocantins	29	0.002%
Rondônia	26	0.002%
Espírito Santo	23	0.001%
Sergipe	20	0.001%
Alagoas	19	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	18	0.001%

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

About the name Teresina

Wiktionary lists Teresina as the name of the capital of Piauí, formed from Teresa plus the suffix -ina, with the older spellings Theresina and Therezina. Teresa, according to Machado (1981) in the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), comes from the Latin Theresia, of obscure origin, and Behind the Name also says the meaning is uncertain. For this reason the meaning of Teresina is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,737 people named Teresina, with a median age of 67, almost always female. The people recorded were almost all born up to the 1970s.

Sources

Wiktionary: Teresina · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Teresa · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Behind the Name: Theresa · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Teresina

What does the name Teresina mean?

The meaning of Teresina 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 Teresina in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,737 people with the first name Teresina, which ranks it number 5,641 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Teresina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,730 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Teresina?

Teresina is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Teresina most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.001% of the state's population is named Teresina (104 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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