Meaning of the nameAlda

Alda is a feminine name of Germanic origin, the feminine form of Aldo, a name that Behind the Name links to the element alt, 'old'.

Meaning

“feminine form of Aldo, linked to the Germanic alt, 'old'”

Source: Behind the Name: Alda · Behind the Name: Aldo

People (2022): 26,428
Rank in Brazil: #893
Median age: 59 years
2010 Census: 32,893; people

Alda in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Alda, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (6,556 people).

26,298 women 130 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 Alda is most common

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

Rio Grande do Sul 0.022%
Espírito Santo 0.021%
Pará 0.018%
Rio de Janeiro 0.018%
Alagoas 0.018%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	4,221	0.010%
Rio de Janeiro	2,907	0.018%
Minas Gerais	2,527	0.012%
Rio Grande do Sul	2,358	0.022%
Bahia	2,275	0.016%
Pará	1,485	0.018%
Pernambuco	1,432	0.016%
Paraná	954	0.008%
Goiás	903	0.013%
Santa Catarina	885	0.012%
Espírito Santo	790	0.021%
Maranhão	688	0.010%
Ceará	650	0.007%
Alagoas	562	0.018%
Amazonas	491	0.013%
Piauí	472	0.014%
Paraíba	447	0.011%
Mato Grosso do Sul	433	0.016%
Distrito Federal	423	0.015%
Rio Grande do Norte	395	0.012%
Mato Grosso	312	0.009%
Sergipe	309	0.014%
Rondônia	143	0.009%
Amapá	123	0.017%
Tocantins	114	0.008%
Acre	84	0.010%
Roraima	45	0.007%

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

About the name Alda

Behind the Name gives Alda as the feminine form of Aldo, and Aldo as a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element alt, 'old'; sometimes also with the element adal, 'noble'. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) is more cautious: it treats the ending -alda as being of uncertain origin, probably the feminine of -aldo. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 26,428 people named Alda, with a median age of 59. The name is almost always female and, proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul. The dictionary lists Halda as a spelling variant.

Sources

Behind the Name: Alda · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Aldo · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Wiktionary: Alda · en.wiktionary.org · usage
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Alda · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Alda

What does the name Alda mean?

Alda means “feminine form of Aldo, linked to the Germanic alt, 'old'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Alda in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 26,428 people with the first name Alda, which ranks it number 893 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Alda is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 26,298 women and 130 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Alda?

Alda is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Alda most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.022% of the state's population is named Alda (2,358 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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