Meaning of the nameCasilda
- Female
- Spanish origin
- Ca-sil-da
Casilda is a spelling of the name Cassilda.
Meaning
The meaning of Casilda 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)
- 1,949
- Rank in Brazil
- #5,199
- Median age
- 60 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,794
- people
Casilda in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Casilda, 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 (485 people).
1,934 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 Casilda is most common
States with the highest share of people named Casilda in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Paraná 0.002%
- Santa Catarina 0.002%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.001%
- Bahia 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 443 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 243 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 216 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 146 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 127 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 101 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 89 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 80 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 60 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 50 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 48 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 45 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 42 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 34 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 33 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 32 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 28 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 23 | 0.000% |
| Paraíba | 23 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 18 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 15 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Casilda
It has a single S and is the Spanish form cited as the origin of Cassilda; Behind the Name gives it as a Spanish female name.
About the name Cassilda
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, citing Machado (1981), derives Cassilda from Spanish Casilda, which would come from Italian Cassilda, of obscure origin, and breaks the name into Cass- and -ilda; the morphemary links -ilda to Germanic hild, 'combat'. For Casilda, Behind the Name says the meaning is uncertain and presents two hypotheses: an Arabic origin, perhaps from qaṣīda, 'poem', or a Visigothic name whose second element would be hilds, 'battle'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,572 people named Cassilda and records Casilda as a separate spelling. Both spellings are almost always female and, proportionally, most common in Paraná.
Other spellings of Cassilda
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Cassilda | 4,572 |
| Casilda | 1,949 |
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Cassilda · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Behind the Name: Casilda · behindthename.com · origin
Questions about the name Casilda
What does the name Casilda mean?
The meaning of Casilda 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 Casilda in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,949 people with the first name Casilda, which ranks it number 5,199 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Casilda a boy's or a girl's name?
Casilda is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,934 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
What is the origin of the name Casilda?
Casilda is a name of Spanish origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Casilda most common?
Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.002% of the state's population is named Casilda (243 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Casilda?
Cassilda. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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