Meaning of the nameCassilda

Female
Spanish origin
Cas-sil-da

Cassilda is a female name that, according to the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, comes from Spanish Casilda, of obscure origin.

Meaning

The meaning of Cassilda 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): 4,572
Rank in Brazil: #2,923
Median age: 60 years
2010 Census: 6,551; people

Cassilda in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cassilda, 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 (1,120 people).

4,551 women 21 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 Cassilda is most common

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

Paraná 0.005%
Santa Catarina 0.003%
São Paulo 0.003%
Minas Gerais 0.003%
Bahia 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,294	0.003%
Minas Gerais	600	0.003%
Paraná	524	0.005%
Rio de Janeiro	329	0.002%
Bahia	299	0.002%
Santa Catarina	246	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	207	0.002%
Goiás	151	0.002%
Pernambuco	106	0.001%
Pará	102	0.001%
Espírito Santo	90	0.002%
Maranhão	82	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	77	0.003%
Mato Grosso	70	0.002%
Distrito Federal	51	0.002%
Amazonas	49	0.001%
Ceará	45	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	42	0.001%
Paraíba	40	0.001%
Piauí	38	0.001%
Alagoas	37	0.001%
Rondônia	37	0.002%
Sergipe	15	0.001%

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

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.

It has a double SS, the spelling under which the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil has its entry; it also lists Kassilda as a variant.

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 Cassilda

What does the name Cassilda mean?

The meaning of Cassilda 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 Cassilda in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,572 people with the first name Cassilda, which ranks it number 2,923 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Cassilda is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 4,551 women and 21 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Cassilda?

Cassilda is a name of Spanish origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Cassilda most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.005% of the state's population is named Cassilda (524 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Cassilda?

Casilda. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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