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Meaning of the nameThauane

Thauane is a spelling of the name Tauane.

Meaning

The meaning of Thauane 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)
4,594
Rank in Brazil
#2,910
Median age
15 years
2010 Census
2,331
people

Thauane in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Thauane, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (1,953 people).

4,548 women 46 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 Thauane is most common

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

  1. Sergipe 0.006%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.003%
  3. Goiás 0.003%
  4. Alagoas 0.003%
  5. Bahia 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo9640.002%
Minas Gerais6780.003%
Bahia4390.003%
Rio de Janeiro3640.002%
Rio Grande do Sul2360.002%
Goiás2340.003%
Maranhão1820.003%
Pernambuco1790.002%
Paraná1580.001%
Sergipe1300.006%
Pará1100.001%
Alagoas1000.003%
Mato Grosso990.003%
Distrito Federal940.003%
Santa Catarina890.001%
Paraíba760.002%
Rondônia690.004%
Piauí680.002%
Ceará600.001%
Rio Grande do Norte550.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul550.002%
Tocantins460.003%
Espírito Santo390.001%
Acre310.004%
Amazonas230.001%

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

The spelling Thauane

It adds an H after the T, as in Thainá, another spelling of the base name. Proportionally, it is most common in Sergipe.

About the name Tauane

Wiktionary defines Tauane as a Brazilian female name, a variant of Tainá. For Tainá, the same dictionary says the origin is uncertain and that it is sometimes attributed to the Nheengatu taína, 'child'. For that reason the meaning of Tauane is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 16,554 people named Tauane, with a median age of 16, almost always women and mostly born in the 2000s and 2010s. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Thauane, Tahuane, Tauanne and Thauanne as spelling variants; Tawane follows the same pattern with W.

Other spellings of Tauane

SpellingPeople (2022)
Tauane16,554
Thauane4,594
Tawane1,668

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Tauane · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Tainá · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Tauane · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Thauane

What does the name Thauane mean?

The meaning of Thauane 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 Thauane in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,594 people with the first name Thauane, which ranks it number 2,910 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Thauane is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 4,548 women and 46 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Thauane most common?

Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.006% of the state's population is named Thauane (130 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Thauane?

Tauane and Tawane. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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