Meaning of the nameAmarildo
- Male
- A-ma-ril-do
Amarildo is a Brazilian masculine name that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil cites among those formed with -ildo, an element of Germanic origin.
Meaning
The meaning of Amarildo is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 32,360
- Rank in Brazil
- #775
- Median age
- 53 years
- 2010 Census
- 34,941
- people
Amarildo in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Amarildo, 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 (16,524 people).
80 women 32,280 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 Amarildo is most common
States with the highest share of people named Amarildo in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Santa Catarina 0.039%
- Paraná 0.033%
- Rondônia 0.030%
- Espírito Santo 0.028%
- Amazonas 0.026%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 6,850 | 0.015% |
| Minas Gerais | 4,620 | 0.023% |
| Paraná | 3,740 | 0.033% |
| Santa Catarina | 3,002 | 0.039% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 2,571 | 0.016% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 1,626 | 0.015% |
| Pará | 1,383 | 0.017% |
| Bahia | 1,156 | 0.008% |
| Goiás | 1,110 | 0.016% |
| Espírito Santo | 1,054 | 0.028% |
| Amazonas | 1,006 | 0.026% |
| Mato Grosso | 809 | 0.022% |
| Maranhão | 675 | 0.010% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 546 | 0.020% |
| Rondônia | 474 | 0.030% |
| Ceará | 304 | 0.004% |
| Distrito Federal | 224 | 0.008% |
| Tocantins | 167 | 0.011% |
| Pernambuco | 163 | 0.002% |
| Acre | 160 | 0.019% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 151 | 0.005% |
| Piauí | 150 | 0.005% |
| Amapá | 124 | 0.017% |
| Roraima | 97 | 0.015% |
| Paraíba | 89 | 0.002% |
| Sergipe | 63 | 0.003% |
| Alagoas | 46 | 0.002% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Amarildo
The Morfemário (morpheme list) of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) includes Amarildo among the Brazilian names with the formative -ildo, which comes from Germanic hild or hilde, 'battle', and notes that -ildo perhaps derived from -gildo, more frequent among traditional names. The origin of the first element, Amar-, is uncertain, and the meaning of the whole name is not known for certain. It is a name almost always male, strongly concentrated among people born in the 1960s: in the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 16,524 people named Amarildo born in that decade, the largest number. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ildo) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Amarildo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage
Questions about the name Amarildo
What does the name Amarildo mean?
The meaning of Amarildo is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Amarildo in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 32,360 people with the first name Amarildo, which ranks it number 775 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Amarildo a boy's or a girl's name?
Amarildo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 80 women and 32,280 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Amarildo most common?
Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.039% of the state's population is named Amarildo (3,002 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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