Meaning of the nameCida

Cida is a feminine name of Portuguese origin, a shortened form of Aparecida, a name that refers to the title Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida.

Meaning

“hypocoristic form of Aparecida”

Source: Wiktionary: Cida · Wiktionary: Aparecida · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Cida

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People (2022): 3,225
Rank in Brazil: #3,695
Median age: 51 years
2010 Census: 5,538; people

Cida in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cida, 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 (870 people).

3,199 women 26 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 Cida is most common

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

São Paulo 0.003%
Goiás 0.002%
Bahia 0.002%
Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
Pernambuco 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,107	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	309	0.002%
Bahia	281	0.002%
Minas Gerais	219	0.001%
Paraná	175	0.002%
Goiás	150	0.002%
Pernambuco	147	0.002%
Santa Catarina	96	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	93	0.003%
Mato Grosso	81	0.002%
Distrito Federal	66	0.002%
Espírito Santo	60	0.002%
Ceará	57	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	51	0.001%
Amazonas	51	0.001%
Pará	45	0.001%
Alagoas	42	0.001%
Paraíba	38	0.001%
Rondônia	31	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	30	0.001%
Maranhão	26	0.000%
Sergipe	22	0.001%
Tocantins	16	0.001%

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

About the name Cida

Cida is recorded in Wiktionary as a diminutive of Aparecida, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes it as a very popular hypocoristic form of Aparecida in Brazil. Aparecida comes from the title Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida, which, according to the tradition cited in Wiktionary, refers to an image found in 1717 in the Paraíba River. Almost always female, it appears mainly among people born in the 1960s and 1970s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,225 people named Cida, with a median age of 51.

Sources

Wiktionary: Cida · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Aparecida · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Cida · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning

Questions about the name Cida

What does the name Cida mean?

Cida means “hypocoristic form of Aparecida”, according to Wiktionary and Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

How many people are named Cida in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,225 people with the first name Cida, which ranks it number 3,695 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Cida is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 3,199 women and 26 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Cida?

Cida is a name of Portuguese origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Cida most common?

Proportionally, in São Paulo: 0.003% of the state's population is named Cida (1,107 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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