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Meaning of the nameXaiane

Xaiane is a Brazilian feminine name of modern formation, whose meaning is not known, written with an initial X and ending in -iane.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,099 people named Xaiane, the 7,749th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 20, and the largest group was born in the 2000s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Meaning

The meaning of Xaiane 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)
1,099
Rank in Brazil
#7,749
Median age
20 years
2010 Census
1,717
people

Xaiane in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Xaiane, 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 (918 people).

1,092 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 Xaiane is most common

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

  1. Bahia 0.001%
  2. Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
  3. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia2050.001%
Rio Grande do Sul1030.001%
São Paulo1000.000%
Pará740.001%
Minas Gerais640.000%
Rio de Janeiro630.000%
Santa Catarina580.001%
Maranhão530.001%
Pernambuco520.001%
Ceará500.001%
Amazonas460.001%
Goiás300.000%
Alagoas290.001%
Paraná230.000%
Espírito Santo180.001%
Piauí180.001%
Amapá160.002%
Sergipe150.001%

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

About the name Xaiane

The origin of the spelling Xaiane is uncertain and is not known with confidence. The ending -iane appears in Brazilian feminine names such as Juciane and Raiane, and the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes it as perhaps a fragment of names such as Cristiane; -ane, in turn, would come from French -anne. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,099 people named Xaiane, with a median age of 20, most of them born in the 2000s. It is almost always a female name.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  2. Wikcionário: Xaiane · pt.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Xaiane

What does the name Xaiane mean?

The meaning of Xaiane 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 Xaiane in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,099 people with the first name Xaiane, which ranks it number 7,749 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Xaiane is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,092 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Xaiane most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.001% of the state's population is named Xaiane (205 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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