Meaning of the nameDália
- Female
- Dá-li-a
Dália is a female name that comes from the flower of the same name, named after the surname of an eighteenth-century Swedish botanist.
Meaning
“name of a flower, the dahlia”
Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Dália · Behind the Name: Dahlia
- People (2022)
- 2,555
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,357
- Median age
- 42 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,714
- people
Dália in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Dália, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (364 people).
2,535 women 20 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 Dália is most common
States with the highest share of people named Dália in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Maranhão 0.003%
- Goiás 0.002%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
- Pará 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 398 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 286 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 192 | 0.003% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 175 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 173 | 0.002% |
| Bahia | 152 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 134 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 117 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 108 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 89 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 87 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 81 | 0.003% |
| Santa Catarina | 70 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 61 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 58 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 51 | 0.002% |
| Espírito Santo | 48 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 47 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso | 44 | 0.001% |
| Roraima | 38 | 0.006% |
| Tocantins | 34 | 0.002% |
| Paraíba | 31 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 30 | 0.002% |
| Sergipe | 19 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 18 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Dália
Dália is a flower name, formed from the surname Dahl, of an eighteenth-century Swedish botanist, according to the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil). Behind the Name explains Dahlia, the English form, also as the name of the flower. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,555 people named Dália, with a median age of 42. The name is almost always female and appears in every decade of birth. The dictionary lists Dahlia as a Portuguese variant and Dállia, Dálya and Dhalia as spelling variants.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Dália · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
- Behind the Name: Dahlia · behindthename.com · meaning
Questions about the name Dália
What does the name Dália mean?
Dália means “name of a flower, the dahlia”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Behind the Name.
How many people are named Dália in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,555 people with the first name Dália, which ranks it number 4,357 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Dália a boy's or a girl's name?
Dália is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,535 women and 20 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Dália most common?
Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.003% of the state's population is named Dália (192 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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