Meaning of the nameEdilberto

Male
Germanic origin
E-dil-ber-to

Edilberto is a Brazilian male name that contains the element Ed-, linked to 'wealth, goods', and the ending -berto, linked to 'bright, illustrious'.

Meaning

The meaning of Edilberto 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): 4,772
Rank in Brazil: #2,827
Median age: 50 years
2010 Census: 5,582; people

Edilberto in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Edilberto, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (1,234 people).

0 women 4,757 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 Edilberto is most common

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

Piauí 0.015%
Ceará 0.008%
Sergipe 0.006%
Pará 0.005%
Goiás 0.003%

All states

State	People	% of population
Ceará	669	0.008%
São Paulo	620	0.001%
Piauí	487	0.015%
Pará	402	0.005%
Rio de Janeiro	355	0.002%
Minas Gerais	316	0.002%
Bahia	278	0.002%
Goiás	208	0.003%
Maranhão	181	0.003%
Paraná	178	0.002%
Sergipe	132	0.006%
Rio Grande do Sul	127	0.001%
Santa Catarina	116	0.002%
Pernambuco	111	0.001%
Amazonas	100	0.003%
Paraíba	70	0.002%
Distrito Federal	70	0.003%
Mato Grosso	64	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	64	0.002%
Tocantins	43	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	42	0.002%
Espírito Santo	37	0.001%
Alagoas	29	0.001%
Acre	27	0.003%
Rondônia	16	0.001%
Amapá	15	0.002%
Roraima	15	0.002%

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

About the name Edilberto

The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Edilberto among the Brazilian names with the element Ed-, from the Anglo-Saxon Germanic ead, 'wealth, goods'. The same Morfemário describes -berto as coming from the Germanic berth, 'bright, illustrious', in names such as Adilberto and Nilberto, which it says appeared in the records from the 1940s and became popular in the 1960s and 1970s. The meaning of the whole name is not given by these sources. It is almost always male, and the largest number of people recorded were born in the 1960s and 1970s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,772 people named Edilberto, with a median age of 50. Proportionally, it is most common in Piauí.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Ed-, -berto) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Edilberto · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Edilberto

What does the name Edilberto mean?

The meaning of Edilberto 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 Edilberto in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,772 people with the first name Edilberto, which ranks it number 2,827 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Edilberto is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 4,757 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Edilberto?

Edilberto is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Edilberto most common?

Proportionally, in Piauí: 0.015% of the state's population is named Edilberto (487 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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