Meaning of the nameEdimundo
- Male
- E-di-mun-do
Edimundo is a Brazilian masculine name, most frequent among people born from the 1950s through the 1970s.
Meaning
The meaning of Edimundo 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)
- 3,182
- Rank in Brazil
- #3,730
- Median age
- 56 years
- 2010 Census
- 5,019
- people
Edimundo in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Edimundo, 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 (774 people).
0 women 3,172 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 Edimundo is most common
States with the highest share of people named Edimundo in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 889 | 0.006% |
| São Paulo | 403 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 221 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 162 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 141 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 130 | 0.002% |
| Goiás | 122 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 122 | 0.004% |
| Paraná | 110 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 85 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 70 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 69 | 0.002% |
| Sergipe | 69 | 0.003% |
| Paraíba | 63 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 62 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 60 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 56 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 56 | 0.004% |
| Distrito Federal | 52 | 0.002% |
| Espírito Santo | 50 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 42 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 41 | 0.003% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 36 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 32 | 0.001% |
| Acre | 20 | 0.002% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Edimundo
The origin of the spelling Edimundo is uncertain. It differs from Edmundo, a name that Behind the Name links to the Old English ead, 'wealth', and mund, 'protection', only by the vowel -i-. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) treats Ed-, Edi- and Ede- as forms of a beginning derived from the Anglo-Saxon Germanic ead, 'wealth, goods', and lists Edmundo among the traditional names with this beginning. In the 2022 Census, the name is almost always male, and IBGE recorded 3,182 people named Edimundo, with a median age of 56. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Sources
- Behind the Name: Edmund · behindthename.com · spelling
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Edimundo
What does the name Edimundo mean?
The meaning of Edimundo 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 Edimundo in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,182 people with the first name Edimundo, which ranks it number 3,730 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Edimundo a boy's or a girl's name?
Edimundo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 3,172 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Edimundo most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.006% of the state's population is named Edimundo (889 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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