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Meaning of the nameCelidalva

Celidalva is a Brazilian feminine name formed from Celi and Dalva, classified as a brasileirismo, a Brazilian formation.

Meaning

The meaning of Celidalva 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)
1,553
Rank in Brazil
#6,107
Median age
53 years
2010 Census
1,682
people

Celidalva in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Celidalva, 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 (490 people).

1,544 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 Celidalva is most common

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

  1. Bahia 0.009%
  2. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia1,2260.009%
São Paulo1860.000%
Rio de Janeiro320.000%
Minas Gerais220.000%
Goiás150.000%

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

About the name Celidalva

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records the formation of Celidalva as Celi + Dalva and classifies it as a brasileirismo, a Brazilian formation. The morpheme list describes the ending -dalva as perhaps coming from Latin alba, 'white, bright'. The sense of Celi is not documented, so that of the whole name is not known for certain. IBGE recorded 1,553 people named Celidalva in the 2022 Census, with a median age of 53. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Celidalva · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Celidalva

What does the name Celidalva mean?

The meaning of Celidalva 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 Celidalva in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,553 people with the first name Celidalva, which ranks it number 6,107 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Celidalva is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,544 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Celidalva most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.009% of the state's population is named Celidalva (1,226 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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