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Meaning of the nameTifane

Tifane is a Brazilian feminine name of uncertain origin, spelled close to Tifani, a name recorded in the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,792 people named Tifane, the 5,525th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 14, and the largest group was born in the 2000s. Proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.

Meaning

The meaning of Tifane is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
1,792
Rank in Brazil
#5,525
Median age
14 years
2010 Census
2,306
people

Tifane in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Tifane, 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 (685 people).

1,774 women 0 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 Tifane is most common

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

  1. Amazonas 0.003%
  2. Bahia 0.003%
  3. Pará 0.001%
  4. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
  5. São Paulo 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia3500.003%
São Paulo2790.001%
Rio de Janeiro1360.001%
Minas Gerais1330.001%
Amazonas1200.003%
Pará1140.001%
Ceará790.001%
Rio Grande do Sul640.001%
Pernambuco580.001%
Maranhão570.001%
Goiás560.001%
Paraná390.000%
Santa Catarina370.001%
Espírito Santo320.001%
Sergipe320.001%
Mato Grosso310.001%
Alagoas220.001%
Distrito Federal210.001%
Rondônia190.001%
Piauí180.001%
Rio Grande do Norte170.001%
Paraíba150.000%
Roraima150.002%

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

About the name Tifane

The origin of the spelling Tifane is uncertain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Tifani, with variants such as Tifany and Tiffani, and Behind the Name gives Tiffany as a medieval form of Theophania; Tifane, however, does not appear in those lists. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,792 people named Tifane, with a median age of 14, almost always female and born mostly in the 2000s and 2010s; proportionally, the name is most common in Amazonas.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Tifani · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  2. Behind the Name: Tiffany · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Tifane

What does the name Tifane mean?

The meaning of Tifane is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Tifane in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,792 people with the first name Tifane, which ranks it number 5,525 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Tifane is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,774 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Tifane most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.003% of the state's population is named Tifane (120 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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