Given name · also Old Tupi
Iracema
“bee's exit”
Iracema is a feminine given name from Old Tupi, ultimately from Nheengatu. It is used in Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Iracema goes back to Nheengatu irasema, meaning “bee's exit.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Iracema comes from Old Tupi, and ultimately from Nheengatu.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Iracema through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 61
- 0 boys · 61 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2004. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 556 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
People named Iracema
- Iracema TrevisanBrazilian musicianborn 1981
- Nora NeyBrazilian singer1922–2003
- Iracema de AlencarBrazilian actress1900–1978
- Iracema ArditiBrazilian painter (1924-2006)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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