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Meaning of the nameDenildo

Denildo is a Brazilian male name whose ending -ildo is a name-forming element of Germanic origin found in many given names in the country.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,866 people named Denildo, the 5,353rd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 41, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

Meaning

The meaning of Denildo 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)
1,866
Rank in Brazil
#5,353
Median age
41 years
2010 Census
2,092
people

Denildo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Denildo, 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 (463 people).

0 women 1,861 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 Denildo is most common

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

  1. Pará 0.003%
  2. Bahia 0.002%
  3. Pernambuco 0.001%
  4. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
  5. São Paulo 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pará2380.003%
São Paulo2220.001%
Bahia2180.002%
Rio de Janeiro1710.001%
Pernambuco1110.001%
Minas Gerais1010.001%
Maranhão960.001%
Espírito Santo880.002%
Amazonas800.002%
Paraíba560.001%
Goiás500.001%
Alagoas490.002%
Paraná420.000%
Ceará420.001%
Mato Grosso420.001%
Rio Grande do Norte380.001%
Piauí360.001%
Rondônia290.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul260.001%
Santa Catarina250.000%
Amapá190.003%
Rio Grande do Sul180.000%
Roraima160.003%
Distrito Federal150.001%
Sergipe150.001%

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

About the name Denildo

Denildo ends in -ildo (or -nildo), an ending that the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) links to Germanic hild/hilde, 'battle', and that appears in names such as Amarildo, Edenildo and Wanildo. The meaning of the full name, however, is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,866 people named Denildo, with a median age of 41. Most were born in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and the name is almost always male. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ILDO, -NILDO) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Denildo

What does the name Denildo mean?

The meaning of Denildo 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 Denildo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,866 people with the first name Denildo, which ranks it number 5,353 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Denildo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,861 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Denildo most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.003% of the state's population is named Denildo (238 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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