Meaning of the nameDelmo
- Male
- Del-mo
Delmo is a two-syllable male name whose beginning Del- the Morfemário links, in other names, to the Germanic athal ('noble'), without documenting the derivation of Delmo.
Meaning
The meaning of Delmo 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)
- 1,541
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,135
- Median age
- 54 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,888
- people
Delmo in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Delmo, 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 (403 people).
0 women 1,532 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 Delmo is most common
States with the highest share of people named Delmo in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Amazonas 0.003%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Minas Gerais | 247 | 0.001% |
| São Paulo | 211 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 187 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 155 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 105 | 0.003% |
| Pará | 90 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 85 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 73 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 57 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 54 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 41 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 29 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 27 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 27 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 24 | 0.000% |
| Sergipe | 21 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 21 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 17 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Delmo
The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes Del- in some names, such as Delmiro, as a form without the initial A- of Adel-, from the Germanic athal ('noble'). For Delmo itself, the derivation is not documented and the meaning is uncertain. The name is almost always male, with the largest number of people born in the 1960s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,541 people named Delmo, with a median age of 54.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (ADEL-, DEL-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Delmo
What does the name Delmo mean?
The meaning of Delmo 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 Delmo in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,541 people with the first name Delmo, which ranks it number 6,135 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Delmo a boy's or a girl's name?
Delmo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,532 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Delmo most common?
Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.003% of the state's population is named Delmo (105 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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