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Meaning of the nameThayna

Thayna is a spelling of the name Tainá.

Meaning

The meaning of Thayna 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)
27,009
Rank in Brazil
#882
Median age
22 years
2010 Census
13,658
people

Thayna in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Thayna, 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 (11,779 people).

26,672 women 337 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 Thayna is most common

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

  1. Rio de Janeiro 0.025%
  2. Alagoas 0.022%
  3. Paraíba 0.020%
  4. Espírito Santo 0.020%
  5. São Paulo 0.017%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo7,4770.017%
Rio de Janeiro4,0470.025%
Minas Gerais2,8660.014%
Pernambuco1,5030.017%
Paraná1,2660.011%
Bahia8390.006%
Paraíba7870.020%
Espírito Santo7570.020%
Goiás7360.010%
Santa Catarina7040.009%
Alagoas6710.022%
Pará6650.008%
Maranhão6430.010%
Rio Grande do Sul6370.006%
Ceará6250.007%
Mato Grosso4700.013%
Distrito Federal4330.015%
Amazonas3590.009%
Rio Grande do Norte3490.011%
Mato Grosso do Sul2460.009%
Sergipe2370.011%
Piauí1960.006%
Tocantins1870.012%
Rondônia1290.008%
Roraima650.010%
Acre590.007%
Amapá560.008%

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

The spelling Thayna

It combines the initial TH with the Y, the most elaborate spelling in the group.

About the name Tainá

Wiktionary considers the origin of Tainá uncertain and records that the name is sometimes attributed to Nheengatu taína, 'child'. It is a name in Brazilian use, and the same dictionary lists Taina, Tayna, Thainá and Thayná as alternative forms, as well as forms with a tilde, such as Tainã. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 107,309 people named Tainá, with a median age of 22. The spelling is almost always female and, proportionally, most common in Bahia.

Other spellings of Tainá

SpellingPeople (2022)
Tainá107,309
Thaina35,670
Thayna27,009
Tayna21,644
Tainah1,394

Sources

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

Questions about the name Thayna

What does the name Thayna mean?

The meaning of Thayna 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 Thayna in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 27,009 people with the first name Thayna, which ranks it number 882 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Thayna is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 26,672 women and 337 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Thayna most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.025% of the state's population is named Thayna (4,047 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Thayna?

Tainá, Thaina, Tayna and Tainah. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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