Meaning of the nameDejalma
- Male
- De-jal-ma
Dejalma is a male name, a spelling variant of Djalma, a name whose origin is considered obscure, used mostly by people born before 1990.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,750 people named Dejalma, the 5,609th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 56, and the largest group was born in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Mato Grosso.
Meaning
The meaning of Dejalma 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)
- 1,750
- Rank in Brazil
- #5,609
- Median age
- 56 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,967
- people
Dejalma in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Dejalma, 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 (480 people).
51 women 1,699 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 Dejalma is most common
States with the highest share of people named Dejalma in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Mato Grosso 0.003%
- Pará 0.002%
- Paraná 0.002%
- Bahia 0.001%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Paraná | 195 | 0.002% |
| São Paulo | 176 | 0.000% |
| Bahia | 166 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 154 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 110 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 106 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 100 | 0.003% |
| Maranhão | 90 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 82 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 73 | 0.000% |
| Pernambuco | 67 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 64 | 0.002% |
| Espírito Santo | 54 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 52 | 0.002% |
| Goiás | 50 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 36 | 0.002% |
| Amazonas | 30 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 21 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 20 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 18 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 18 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 16 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Dejalma
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Dejalma as a spelling variant of Djalma, whose origin, according to Machado (1981), is obscure; the author rejects Guérios's Germanic hypothesis. The meaning of Dejalma is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,750 people named Dejalma, with a median age of 56. Almost always male, nearly all of those recorded were born before 1990.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Djalma · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Dejalma
What does the name Dejalma mean?
The meaning of Dejalma 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 Dejalma in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,750 people with the first name Dejalma, which ranks it number 5,609 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Dejalma a boy's or a girl's name?
Dejalma is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 51 women and 1,699 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Dejalma most common?
Proportionally, in Mato Grosso: 0.003% of the state's population is named Dejalma (100 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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