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Meaning of the nameÁvila

Ávila is a female name that comes from the name of the Spanish city of Ávila, also used as a surname of geographic origin.

Meaning

“name of the Spanish city of Ávila; surname of geographic origin”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Avila

People (2022)
5,566
Rank in Brazil
#2,552
Median age
11 years
2010 Census
3,180
people

Ávila in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ávila, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (1,894 people).

5,271 women 295 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 Ávila is most common

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

  1. Tocantins 0.011%
  2. Maranhão 0.011%
  3. Amazonas 0.011%
  4. Pará 0.010%
  5. Ceará 0.008%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pará7770.010%
Ceará7390.008%
Maranhão7260.011%
Amazonas4200.011%
Bahia3980.003%
Pernambuco3610.004%
São Paulo2360.001%
Minas Gerais2320.001%
Goiás2260.003%
Rio Grande do Norte1970.006%
Tocantins1670.011%
Piauí1510.005%
Paraíba1420.004%
Rio de Janeiro1200.001%
Espírito Santo990.003%
Alagoas870.003%
Acre750.009%
Mato Grosso720.002%
Paraná580.001%
Rondônia530.003%
Roraima480.008%
Santa Catarina400.001%
Amapá400.006%
Distrito Federal370.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul360.001%
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 Ávila

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil explains Avila as the name of a city in Spain, the Avela of the ancient Romans, and as a surname of geographic origin. Wiktionary records Ávila, in Portuguese, as the name of a province of Castile and León and of a city in that province. Behind the Name gives a different origin: for it, Avila comes from the Old Germanic element awi, of unknown meaning. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,566 people named Avila, with a median age of 11. Proportionally, it is most common in Tocantins.

In the standard form it takes an acute accent on the first A, which IBGE does not record; it is the most recorded spelling in the group.

Other spellings of Ávila

SpellingPeople (2022)
Ávila5,566
Havila1,623

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Avila · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Ávila · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Avila · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Ávila

What does the name Ávila mean?

Ávila means “name of the Spanish city of Ávila; surname of geographic origin”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

How many people are named Ávila in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,566 people with the first name Ávila, which ranks it number 2,552 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Ávila a boy's or a girl's name?

Ávila is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 5,271 women and 295 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Ávila?

Ávila is a name of Spanish and Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Ávila most common?

Proportionally, in Tocantins: 0.011% of the state's population is named Ávila (167 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Ávila?

Havila. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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