Meaning of the nameEdnalva
- Female
- Ed-nal-va
Ednalva is a Brazilian feminine name formed from Ed- + -nalva, the same -nalva as in Marinalva and Lucinalva; the meaning of the name as a whole is not known for certain.
Meaning
The meaning of Ednalva 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)
- 23,333
- Rank in Brazil
- #961
- Median age
- 50 years
- 2010 Census
- 24,482
- people
Ednalva in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Ednalva, 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 (7,914 people).
23,224 women 109 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 Ednalva is most common
States with the highest share of people named Ednalva in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.048%
- Paraíba 0.046%
- Pernambuco 0.030%
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.024%
- Sergipe 0.023%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 6,763 | 0.048% |
| São Paulo | 4,193 | 0.009% |
| Pernambuco | 2,745 | 0.030% |
| Paraíba | 1,839 | 0.046% |
| Minas Gerais | 1,149 | 0.006% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 912 | 0.006% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 802 | 0.024% |
| Maranhão | 792 | 0.012% |
| Goiás | 653 | 0.009% |
| Sergipe | 516 | 0.023% |
| Pará | 503 | 0.006% |
| Alagoas | 343 | 0.011% |
| Paraná | 296 | 0.003% |
| Espírito Santo | 285 | 0.007% |
| Distrito Federal | 285 | 0.010% |
| Mato Grosso | 229 | 0.006% |
| Piauí | 222 | 0.007% |
| Ceará | 170 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 139 | 0.005% |
| Rondônia | 130 | 0.008% |
| Tocantins | 113 | 0.008% |
| Amazonas | 106 | 0.003% |
| Santa Catarina | 57 | 0.001% |
| Roraima | 46 | 0.007% |
| Amapá | 24 | 0.003% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Ednalva
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) gives the formation Ed- + -nalva and records Edinalva as a spelling variant. According to the Morfemário (the morpheme list) of the same project, Ed- comes from Anglo-Saxon ead, 'wealth, goods', and -alva/-nalva, found in Dalva, Marialva and Marinalva, perhaps comes from Latin alba, 'white, bright'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 23,333 people named Ednalva, with a median age of 50. 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 Ednalva
What does the name Ednalva mean?
The meaning of Ednalva 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 Ednalva in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 23,333 people with the first name Ednalva, which ranks it number 961 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Ednalva a boy's or a girl's name?
Ednalva is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 23,224 women and 109 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Ednalva most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.048% of the state's population is named Ednalva (6,763 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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