Meaning of the nameYonara

Yonara is a spelling of the name Ionara.

Meaning

The meaning of Yonara 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): 2,108
Rank in Brazil: #4,932
Median age: 22 years
2010 Census: 1,304; people

Yonara in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Yonara, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (498 people).

2,099 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 Yonara is most common

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

Rio Grande do Norte 0.004%
Paraíba 0.004%
Amazonas 0.003%
Ceará 0.002%
Pernambuco 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
Ceará	215	0.002%
São Paulo	174	0.000%
Pernambuco	173	0.002%
Paraíba	149	0.004%
Minas Gerais	140	0.001%
Bahia	134	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	129	0.004%
Amazonas	109	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	106	0.001%
Pará	92	0.001%
Piauí	92	0.003%
Maranhão	83	0.001%
Goiás	72	0.001%
Santa Catarina	67	0.001%
Paraná	51	0.000%
Alagoas	48	0.002%
Tocantins	38	0.003%
Mato Grosso	35	0.001%
Distrito Federal	34	0.001%
Sergipe	32	0.001%
Rondônia	32	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	25	0.000%
Roraima	25	0.004%
Espírito Santo	23	0.001%

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

The spelling Yonara

Replaces the initial I with Y; the dictionary lists it as a spelling variant of Ionara.

About the name Ionara

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil analyzes Ionara as Ion + -ara and lists Yonara as a spelling variant. The Morfemário includes Ionara among the traditional names from which the element -ara was probably extracted and gives it as of Hebrew origin, without indicating a meaning. Most of the people recorded as Ionara were born in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,918 people named Ionara, with a median age of 31. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Norte.

Other spellings of Ionara

Spelling	People (2022)
Ionara	5,918
Yonara	2,108

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ionara · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ARA) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Yonara · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Yonara

What does the name Yonara mean?

The meaning of Yonara 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 Yonara in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,108 people with the first name Yonara, which ranks it number 4,932 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Yonara is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,099 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Yonara?

Yonara is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Yonara most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Norte: 0.004% of the state's population is named Yonara (129 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Yonara?

Ionara. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

More names of Hebrew origin

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