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Meaning of the nameAnailda

Anailda is a Brazilian female name ending in -ilda, a Germanic element linked to "battle"; the meaning of the whole is not known for certain.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,470 people named Anailda, the 6,358th 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 Bahia.

Meaning

The meaning of Anailda 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)
1,470
Rank in Brazil
#6,358
Median age
49 years
2010 Census
1,654
people

Anailda in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Anailda, 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 (427 people).

1,464 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 Anailda is most common

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

  1. Bahia 0.004%
  2. São Paulo 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia5560.004%
São Paulo2040.001%
Minas Gerais850.000%
Espírito Santo730.002%
Pernambuco540.001%
Goiás510.001%
Rio Grande do Norte510.002%
Rio de Janeiro500.000%
Maranhão470.001%
Paraíba440.001%
Pará300.000%
Sergipe270.001%
Ceará260.000%
Piauí260.001%
Paraná250.000%
Alagoas210.001%
Rio Grande do Sul160.000%

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

About the name Anailda

The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records -ilda as an element of female names, from the Germanic hild/hilde, "battle". The derivation of Anailda is not documented, so the meaning of the whole name is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,470 people named Anailda, with a median age of 49; proportionally, it is most common in Bahia. The name is almost always female, and most of the people were born between 1950 and 1989.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Anailda

What does the name Anailda mean?

The meaning of Anailda 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 Anailda in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,470 people with the first name Anailda, which ranks it number 6,358 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Anailda is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,464 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Anailda most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.004% of the state's population is named Anailda (556 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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