Meaning of the nameVandira
- Female
- Van-di-ra
Vandira is a Brazilian feminine name that begins with the formative Van-, whose origin is debated; the meaning of the whole name is not known for certain.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,173 people named Vandira, the 4,832nd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 60, and the largest group was born in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Meaning
The meaning of Vandira 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)
- 2,173
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,832
- Median age
- 60 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,581
- people
Vandira in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Vandira, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (645 people).
2,163 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 Vandira is most common
States with the highest share of people named Vandira in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.003%
- Paraná 0.001%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.001%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 536 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 353 | 0.003% |
| Minas Gerais | 174 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 159 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 155 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 92 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 89 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 72 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 68 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 55 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 53 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 44 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 44 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 44 | 0.002% |
| Paraíba | 35 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 29 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 28 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 23 | 0.000% |
| Piauí | 23 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 23 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 21 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 18 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 18 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Vandira
The beginning Van- is a formative found in Brazilian names such as Vanira, Vanilda and Vandilson, and the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) gathers several hypotheses for it: a Dutch preposition (Guérios), a hypocoristic of Germanic names beginning with Van- (Nunes, cited by Nascentes) or a fragment of traditional names. The formation of Vandira itself is not documented, and the meaning of the name is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,173 people named Vandira, with a median age of 60. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia. The records are almost always female and run up to the 1990s, with the most births in the 1950s and 1960s.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Vandira
What does the name Vandira mean?
The meaning of Vandira 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 Vandira in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,173 people with the first name Vandira, which ranks it number 4,832 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Vandira a boy's or a girl's name?
Vandira is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,163 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Vandira most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.003% of the state's population is named Vandira (353 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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