Meaning of the nameEdinalva
- Female
- E-di-nal-va
Edinalva is a Brazilian feminine name, a spelling variant of Ednalva, with the i after Ed- written out; its meaning as a whole is not known for certain.
Meaning
The meaning of Edinalva 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)
- 22,547
- Rank in Brazil
- #987
- Median age
- 48 years
- 2010 Census
- 24,326
- people
Edinalva in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Edinalva, 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 (7,413 people).
22,441 women 106 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 Edinalva is most common
States with the highest share of people named Edinalva in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.036%
- Maranhão 0.023%
- Paraíba 0.023%
- Sergipe 0.019%
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.018%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 5,099 | 0.036% |
| São Paulo | 3,922 | 0.009% |
| Maranhão | 1,567 | 0.023% |
| Pernambuco | 1,436 | 0.016% |
| Pará | 1,412 | 0.017% |
| Minas Gerais | 1,256 | 0.006% |
| Paraíba | 916 | 0.023% |
| Goiás | 888 | 0.013% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 881 | 0.006% |
| Paraná | 639 | 0.006% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 604 | 0.018% |
| Piauí | 528 | 0.016% |
| Mato Grosso | 478 | 0.013% |
| Espírito Santo | 430 | 0.011% |
| Sergipe | 428 | 0.019% |
| Distrito Federal | 345 | 0.012% |
| Rondônia | 272 | 0.017% |
| Tocantins | 267 | 0.018% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 231 | 0.008% |
| Alagoas | 187 | 0.006% |
| Ceará | 183 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 152 | 0.002% |
| Amazonas | 143 | 0.004% |
| Amapá | 105 | 0.014% |
| Roraima | 84 | 0.013% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 57 | 0.001% |
| Acre | 37 | 0.005% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Edinalva
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Edinalva as a spelling variant of Ednalva, whose formation is Ed- + -nalva. The project's Morfemário links Ed-, -Edi-, Ede- to Anglo-Saxon ead, 'wealth, goods', and says that -alva/-nalva perhaps comes from Latin alba, 'white, bright'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 22,547 people named Edinalva, with a median age of 48; the name is almost always female, most were born in the 1960s and 1970s, and, proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ednalva · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Edinalva
What does the name Edinalva mean?
The meaning of Edinalva 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 Edinalva in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 22,547 people with the first name Edinalva, which ranks it number 987 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Edinalva a boy's or a girl's name?
Edinalva is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 22,441 women and 106 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Edinalva most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.036% of the state's population is named Edinalva (5,099 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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