Meaning of the nameEdilma
- Female
- E-dil-ma
Edilma is a female Brazilian name formed from the elements Edi- and -ilma, common in names such as Edilaine and Joseilma, and its meaning as a whole is uncertain.
Meaning
The meaning of Edilma 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)
- 14,501
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,321
- Median age
- 44 years
- 2010 Census
- 15,725
- people
Edilma in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Edilma, 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 (4,540 people).
14,437 women 64 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 Edilma is most common
States with the highest share of people named Edilma in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Sergipe 0.043%
- Paraíba 0.036%
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.032%
- Pernambuco 0.030%
- Alagoas 0.027%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Pernambuco | 2,674 | 0.030% |
| São Paulo | 1,843 | 0.004% |
| Bahia | 1,567 | 0.011% |
| Paraíba | 1,442 | 0.036% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 1,055 | 0.032% |
| Sergipe | 946 | 0.043% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 879 | 0.006% |
| Alagoas | 832 | 0.027% |
| Pará | 458 | 0.006% |
| Minas Gerais | 446 | 0.002% |
| Goiás | 428 | 0.006% |
| Ceará | 382 | 0.004% |
| Maranhão | 283 | 0.004% |
| Paraná | 207 | 0.002% |
| Distrito Federal | 173 | 0.006% |
| Piauí | 163 | 0.005% |
| Mato Grosso | 138 | 0.004% |
| Tocantins | 131 | 0.009% |
| Espírito Santo | 96 | 0.003% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 76 | 0.003% |
| Amazonas | 67 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 53 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 52 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 45 | 0.000% |
| Amapá | 33 | 0.005% |
| Roraima | 24 | 0.004% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Edilma
Edilma combines two elements described in the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil. Ed- or Edi- comes, according to the dictionary, from Anglo-Saxon ead, 'wealth, possessions', and appears in Edite and Edna and in Brazilian names such as Ediana and Edilaine. The element -ilma has an uncertain origin and perhaps comes from the given name Ilma, a probable hypocoristic of Vilma, so the meaning of the whole name is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 14,501 people named Edilma, most of them born in the 1970s and 1980s; the name is almost always female and, proportionally, most common in Sergipe.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Ed-/Edi-, -ilma) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Edilma
What does the name Edilma mean?
The meaning of Edilma 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 Edilma in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 14,501 people with the first name Edilma, which ranks it number 1,321 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Edilma a boy's or a girl's name?
Edilma is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 14,437 women and 64 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Edilma most common?
Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.043% of the state's population is named Edilma (946 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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