Meaning of the nameTerezinha

Female
Portuguese origin
Te-re-zi-nha

Terezinha is a female name, a Brazilian diminutive of Teresa, a name of uncertain origin, perhaps Greek.

Meaning

The meaning of Terezinha is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 235,891
Rank in Brazil: #133
Median age: 66 years
2010 Census: 299,037; people

Terezinha in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Terezinha, 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 (74,247 people).

234,835 women 1,056 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 Terezinha is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	44,045	0.099%
Minas Gerais	33,814	0.165%
Paraná	25,685	0.224%
Rio Grande do Sul	19,918	0.183%
Santa Catarina	17,295	0.227%
Bahia	11,353	0.080%
Rio de Janeiro	11,314	0.071%
Ceará	10,182	0.116%
Pernambuco	7,790	0.086%
Goiás	7,343	0.104%
Pará	6,065	0.075%
Maranhão	5,627	0.083%
Paraíba	5,550	0.140%
Rio Grande do Norte	5,003	0.152%
Espírito Santo	4,326	0.113%
Mato Grosso	3,720	0.102%
Amazonas	2,643	0.067%
Mato Grosso do Sul	2,416	0.088%
Distrito Federal	2,120	0.075%
Alagoas	1,985	0.064%
Sergipe	1,931	0.087%
Rondônia	1,692	0.107%
Tocantins	1,440	0.095%
Piauí	1,392	0.043%
Acre	668	0.081%
Amapá	315	0.043%
Roraima	259	0.041%

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

About the name Terezinha

Behind the Name records Terezinha as a Brazilian diminutive of Teresa, which in Brazil is also written Tereza, and Teresinha as a Portuguese diminutive. The origin of Teresa is uncertain: Behind the Name mentions the possibility that it comes from Greek theros, 'summer', or therizo, 'to harvest', or from the name of the Greek island of Therasia. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 235,891 people named Terezinha, with a median age of 66. It is an almost always female name, most frequent among people born in the 1940s to 1960s, and, proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.

It is the most common spelling in the group, with z between vowels.

Other spellings of Terezinha

Spelling	People (2022)
Terezinha	235,891
Therezinha	9,891

Sources

Behind the Name: Teresa · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Theresa · behindthename.com · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Terezinha · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Terezinha

What does the name Terezinha mean?

The meaning of Terezinha is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Terezinha in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 235,891 people with the first name Terezinha, which ranks it number 133 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Terezinha is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 234,835 women and 1,056 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Terezinha?

Terezinha is a name of Portuguese origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Terezinha most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.227% of the state's population is named Terezinha (17,295 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Terezinha?

Therezinha. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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