Meaning of the nameAilma
- Female
- Ail-ma
Ailma is a Brazilian female name, ending in -ilma, whose origin and meaning are not known for certain.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,062 people named Ailma, the 7,950th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 38, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Paraíba.
Meaning
The meaning of Ailma 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)
- 1,062
- Rank in Brazil
- #7,950
- Median age
- 38 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,163
- people
Ailma in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Ailma, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (355 people).
1,059 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 Ailma is most common
States with the highest share of people named Ailma in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Paraíba 0.004%
- Bahia 0.002%
- Pernambuco 0.002%
- São Paulo 0.000%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 304 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 163 | 0.002% |
| Paraíba | 163 | 0.004% |
| São Paulo | 125 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 52 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 47 | 0.000% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 47 | 0.000% |
| Alagoas | 31 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 24 | 0.000% |
| Sergipe | 17 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Ailma
The ending -ilma appears in names such as Adailma and Railma. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) gives the origin as uncertain, perhaps from the name Ilma, probably a hypocoristic of Vilma. The Dictionary records Aylma as a spelling variant of Ailma. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,062 people named Ailma, with a median age of 38. It is almost always a female name, with the largest number of people born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Paraíba.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ILMA) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ailma · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Ailma
What does the name Ailma mean?
The meaning of Ailma 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 Ailma in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,062 people with the first name Ailma, which ranks it number 7,950 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Ailma a boy's or a girl's name?
Ailma is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,059 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Ailma most common?
Proportionally, in Paraíba: 0.004% of the state's population is named Ailma (163 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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