Meaning of the nameVagna
- Female
- Vag-na
Vagna is a female name used in Brazil, of uncertain origin, which appears in Faroese as the feminine form of Vagn and also exists as a name in Icelandic.
Meaning
The meaning of Vagna 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)
- 2,308
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,639
- Median age
- 41 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,493
- people
Vagna in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Vagna, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (829 people).
2,276 women 32 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 Vagna is most common
States with the highest share of people named Vagna in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Goiás 0.002%
- Bahia 0.002%
- Maranhão 0.002%
- Minas Gerais 0.002%
- São Paulo 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 323 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 304 | 0.002% |
| Bahia | 298 | 0.002% |
| Goiás | 164 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 132 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 99 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 96 | 0.004% |
| Pernambuco | 95 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 87 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 82 | 0.003% |
| Espírito Santo | 80 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 75 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 62 | 0.004% |
| Mato Grosso | 59 | 0.002% |
| Paraíba | 55 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 54 | 0.002% |
| Distrito Federal | 44 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 41 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 37 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 30 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 24 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 19 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 15 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Vagna
The origin of the spelling Vagna in Brazilian use is uncertain. Wiktionary records Vagna as a female name in Faroese, where it is the feminine form of Vagn, and in Icelandic, without linking those languages to its use in Brazil. In the 2022 Census it is almost always a female name, and most of the records are of people born in the 1970s and 1980s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,308 people named Vagna, with a median age of 41.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Vagna · en.wiktionary.org · usage
Questions about the name Vagna
What does the name Vagna mean?
The meaning of Vagna 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 Vagna in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,308 people with the first name Vagna, which ranks it number 4,639 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Vagna a boy's or a girl's name?
Vagna is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,276 women and 32 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Vagna most common?
Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.002% of the state's population is named Vagna (164 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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