Meaning of the nameThaíse

Female
Greek origin
Tha-í-se

Thaíse is a spelling of the name Taíse, which means “variant of Taís, from Greek Θαΐς, linked to 'to admire' or, perhaps, 'bandage'”.

Meaning

“variant of Taís, from Greek Θαΐς, linked to 'to admire' or, perhaps, 'bandage'”

Meaning of the name Taíse, of which Thaíse is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Taís · Behind the Name: Thaïs

People (2022): 8,322
Rank in Brazil: #1,936
Median age: 30 years
2010 Census: 6,347; people

Thaíse in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Thaíse, 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 (3,815 people).

8,286 women 36 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 Thaíse is most common

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

Alagoas 0.012%
Santa Catarina 0.012%
Rio Grande do Norte 0.011%
Bahia 0.009%
Paraíba 0.008%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	1,260	0.009%
São Paulo	1,193	0.003%
Santa Catarina	898	0.012%
Minas Gerais	538	0.003%
Paraná	500	0.004%
Rio Grande do Sul	488	0.005%
Alagoas	389	0.012%
Rio de Janeiro	360	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	351	0.011%
Pará	324	0.004%
Pernambuco	317	0.004%
Paraíba	301	0.008%
Goiás	239	0.003%
Maranhão	208	0.003%
Distrito Federal	168	0.006%
Sergipe	154	0.007%
Mato Grosso	118	0.003%
Amazonas	102	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	83	0.003%
Espírito Santo	74	0.002%
Piauí	67	0.002%
Ceará	65	0.001%
Tocantins	36	0.002%
Rondônia	35	0.002%
Amapá	32	0.004%

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

The spelling Thaíse

It has the initial TH, like the spelling Thaís, and keeps the accent on the I.

About the name Taíse

Wiktionary lists Taíse and Thaíse as variants of Taís, a name that comes from the Ancient Greek Θαΐς (Thaḯs) and that the dictionary relates to the verb θαυμάζω (thaumázō), 'to admire'. Behind the Name, on the other hand, says that Thaïs perhaps means 'bandage' in Greek and gives Taís and Thaís as the Brazilian forms. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 12,472 people named Taíse, with a median age of 30; proportionally, the name is most common in Bahia. The spellings in the group vary between T and TH at the start and between the accented I and the Y.

Other spellings of Taíse

Spelling	People (2022)
Taíse	12,472
Thaíse	8,322
Thayse	3,602
Tayse	1,394

Sources

Wiktionary: Taís · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Taíse · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Wiktionary: Thaíse · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Behind the Name: Thaïs · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Tais · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Thaíse

What does the name Thaíse mean?

Thaíse means “variant of Taís, from Greek Θαΐς, linked to 'to admire' or, perhaps, 'bandage'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Taíse, of which Thaíse is a spelling.

How many people are named Thaíse in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 8,322 people with the first name Thaíse, which ranks it number 1,936 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Thaíse a boy's or a girl's name?

Thaíse is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 8,286 women and 36 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Thaíse?

Thaíse is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Thaíse most common?

Proportionally, in Alagoas: 0.012% of the state's population is named Thaíse (389 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Thaíse?

Taíse, Thayse and Tayse. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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