Meaning of the nameTherezinha

Female
Portuguese origin
The-re-zi-nha

Therezinha is a spelling of the name Terezinha.

Meaning

The meaning of Therezinha 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): 9,891
Rank in Brazil: #1,729
Median age: 81 years
2010 Census: 9,514; people

Therezinha in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Therezinha, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born before 1940 (4,223 people).

9,851 women 40 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 Therezinha is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	3,283	0.007%
Rio de Janeiro	2,302	0.014%
Minas Gerais	1,115	0.005%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,055	0.010%
Paraná	527	0.005%
Espírito Santo	422	0.011%
Santa Catarina	271	0.004%
Bahia	208	0.002%
Distrito Federal	79	0.003%
Pará	78	0.001%
Goiás	74	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	67	0.002%
Pernambuco	64	0.001%
Mato Grosso	51	0.001%
Paraíba	48	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	38	0.001%
Maranhão	37	0.001%
Amazonas	35	0.001%
Alagoas	32	0.001%
Ceará	31	0.000%
Sergipe	25	0.001%
Rondônia	24	0.002%

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

The spelling Therezinha

It keeps the th of the old spelling and is among the variants the Dictionary records for Terezinha; the largest group of people with this spelling was born before 1940.

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.

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 Therezinha

What does the name Therezinha mean?

The meaning of Therezinha 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 Therezinha in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 9,891 people with the first name Therezinha, which ranks it number 1,729 among the country's names. The largest group was born before 1940.

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

Therezinha is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 9,851 women and 40 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Therezinha?

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

In which Brazilian state is Therezinha most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.014% of the state's population is named Therezinha (2,302 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Therezinha?

Terezinha. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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