Lavinia

Meaning

wife of Aeneas in Roman mythology; meaning disputed, sometimes linked to Latin lavare, 'to wash'

Popularity, 1890–2024

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Lavinia peaked in the 1890s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.

Popularity in Brazil

99,613 people · the #323 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 2,037 · median age 7

Among people named Lavinia living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.

The census also counted 26,593 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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