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Meaning of the nameClenildo

Clenildo is a masculine name ending in -nildo, an ending of Germanic origin linked to hild, 'battle', according to the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

Meaning

The meaning of Clenildo 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)
1,239
Rank in Brazil
#7,164
Median age
39 years
2010 Census
1,344
people

Clenildo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Clenildo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (415 people).

0 women 1,229 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 Clenildo is most common

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

  1. Pará 0.004%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pará3020.004%
Amazonas990.003%
São Paulo860.000%
Rio Grande do Norte790.002%
Paraíba760.002%
Bahia710.001%
Ceará700.001%
Maranhão700.001%
Minas Gerais520.000%
Pernambuco520.001%
Rio de Janeiro500.000%
Amapá290.004%
Goiás240.000%
Espírito Santo230.001%
Rondônia190.001%
Alagoas170.001%
Piauí160.001%
Acre160.002%

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

About the name Clenildo

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil describes the formative -ildo, -nildo as of Germanic origin, from hild or hilde, 'battle', and cites Edenildo and Evanildo among the Brazilian names with this ending. The origin of the beginning Cle- is not documented, and the meaning of the name as a whole is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,239 people named Clenildo, with a median age of 39. It is almost always male. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Clenildo

What does the name Clenildo mean?

The meaning of Clenildo 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 Clenildo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,239 people with the first name Clenildo, which ranks it number 7,164 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Clenildo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,229 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Clenildo most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.004% of the state's population is named Clenildo (302 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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