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Meaning of the nameAgildo

Agildo is a Brazilian male name ending in -ildo, an element common in names of Germanic origin, whose full origin is not documented.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,155 people named Agildo, the 7,514th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 49, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio de Janeiro.

Meaning

The meaning of Agildo 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)
1,155
Rank in Brazil
#7,514
Median age
49 years
2010 Census
1,428
people

Agildo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Agildo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (323 people).

0 women 1,149 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 Agildo is most common

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

  1. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
  2. Bahia 0.001%
  3. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  4. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio de Janeiro1600.001%
São Paulo1420.000%
Minas Gerais1290.001%
Bahia1270.001%
Pará890.001%
Pernambuco790.001%
Amazonas440.001%
Espírito Santo410.001%
Paraíba320.001%
Maranhão310.001%
Paraná300.000%
Rio Grande do Norte300.001%
Ceará290.000%
Rio Grande do Sul290.000%
Goiás280.000%
Alagoas190.001%
Santa Catarina180.000%
Distrito Federal170.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul160.001%
Mato Grosso150.000%
Sergipe150.001%

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

About the name Agildo

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Ajildo as a spelling variant of Agildo. The ending -ildo, in other names, comes from Germanic hild, 'combat', according to the Morfemário of the same dictionary, which suggests a possible relation with -gildo. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,155 people named Agildo, with a median age of 49. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio de Janeiro. The name is almost always male.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Agildo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Agildo

What does the name Agildo mean?

The meaning of Agildo 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 Agildo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,155 people with the first name Agildo, which ranks it number 7,514 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Agildo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,149 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Agildo most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.001% of the state's population is named Agildo (160 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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