Meaning of the nameVanice
- Female
- Va-ni-ce
Vanice is a Brazilian female name that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists among the names starting with Van-, such as Vanete, Vanise and Vanira.
Meaning
The meaning of Vanice 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)
- 4,851
- Rank in Brazil
- #2,789
- Median age
- 45 years
- 2010 Census
- 5,207
- people
Vanice in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Vanice, 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 (1,318 people).
4,829 women 22 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 Vanice is most common
States with the highest share of people named Vanice in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.005%
- Bahia 0.004%
- Minas Gerais 0.003%
- Santa Catarina 0.003%
- Paraná 0.003%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 1,015 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 687 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 557 | 0.005% |
| Bahia | 542 | 0.004% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 383 | 0.002% |
| Paraná | 288 | 0.003% |
| Santa Catarina | 225 | 0.003% |
| Pernambuco | 160 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 143 | 0.002% |
| Goiás | 125 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 116 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso | 73 | 0.002% |
| Amazonas | 58 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 52 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 52 | 0.002% |
| Paraíba | 49 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 49 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 44 | 0.002% |
| Sergipe | 41 | 0.002% |
| Alagoas | 40 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 33 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 31 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 31 | 0.002% |
| Tocantins | 26 | 0.002% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Vanice
The origin of Vanice is uncertain. The morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Vanice among the Brazilian names starting with Van-, and gathers different hypotheses for this beginning: a Dutch preposition, Germanic short forms or arbitrary creations. The formation of Vanice itself is not documented. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,851 people named Vanice, with a median age of 45. Most were born in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and the name is almost always female.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Vanice · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Vanice
What does the name Vanice mean?
The meaning of Vanice 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 Vanice in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,851 people with the first name Vanice, which ranks it number 2,789 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Vanice a boy's or a girl's name?
Vanice is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 4,829 women and 22 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Vanice most common?
Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.005% of the state's population is named Vanice (557 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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