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Meaning of the nameVitalina

Vitalina is a feminine name of uncertain origin, ending in -ina and resembling the name Vital.

Meaning

The meaning of Vitalina 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)
5,750
Rank in Brazil
#2,480
Median age
70 years
2010 Census
8,937
people

Vitalina in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Vitalina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (1,553 people).

5,718 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 Vitalina is most common

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

  1. Bahia 0.006%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.005%
  3. Paraná 0.004%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.004%
  5. Mato Grosso 0.004%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1,1260.003%
Minas Gerais8570.004%
Bahia8350.006%
Paraná5090.004%
Rio Grande do Sul3900.004%
Santa Catarina3600.005%
Goiás2790.004%
Maranhão1680.003%
Pará1610.002%
Rio de Janeiro1570.001%
Mato Grosso1520.004%
Espírito Santo1450.004%
Piauí1250.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul960.004%
Distrito Federal690.002%
Tocantins620.004%
Rondônia580.004%
Pernambuco540.001%
Ceará400.001%
Amazonas400.001%
Paraíba280.001%

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

About the name Vitalina

The origin of Vitalina is uncertain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) includes the masculine name Vital, which is similar to Vitalina. The Morfemário of the same dictionary describes the ending -ina as coming from the Latin -ina, a diminutive affix. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,750 people named Vitalina, with a median age of 70. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia. Most of these people were born before 1970, and the name is almost always female.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Vital · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ina) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Vitalina

What does the name Vitalina mean?

The meaning of Vitalina 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 Vitalina in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,750 people with the first name Vitalina, which ranks it number 2,480 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Vitalina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 5,718 women and 32 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Vitalina most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.006% of the state's population is named Vitalina (835 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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