Meaning of the nameElba
- Female
- El-ba
Elba is a feminine name that coincides with the name of an Italian island and of the Elbe river in Central Europe.
Meaning
The meaning of Elba 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)
- 6,502
- Rank in Brazil
- #2,280
- Median age
- 46 years
- 2010 Census
- 7,522
- people
Elba in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Elba, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (1,958 people).
6,462 women 40 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 Elba is most common
States with the highest share of people named Elba in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Pernambuco 0.007%
- Paraíba 0.007%
- Alagoas 0.007%
- Bahia 0.005%
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.005%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 855 | 0.002% |
| Bahia | 763 | 0.005% |
| Pernambuco | 659 | 0.007% |
| Minas Gerais | 566 | 0.003% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 549 | 0.003% |
| Pará | 347 | 0.004% |
| Paraíba | 288 | 0.007% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 281 | 0.003% |
| Goiás | 250 | 0.004% |
| Alagoas | 217 | 0.007% |
| Amazonas | 197 | 0.005% |
| Ceará | 187 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 170 | 0.005% |
| Espírito Santo | 153 | 0.004% |
| Maranhão | 151 | 0.002% |
| Distrito Federal | 128 | 0.005% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 122 | 0.004% |
| Paraná | 107 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 91 | 0.004% |
| Mato Grosso | 85 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 80 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 66 | 0.004% |
| Piauí | 58 | 0.002% |
| Rondônia | 40 | 0.003% |
| Amapá | 40 | 0.006% |
| Roraima | 28 | 0.004% |
| Acre | 24 | 0.003% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Elba
In Portuguese, Elba is the name of an Italian island in the Tuscan archipelago and also of the Elba river (Elbe), which runs through the Czech Republic and Germany before reaching the North Sea; Wiktionary also records its use as a feminine name. The origin of its use as a personal name in Brazil is uncertain. Almost always female, it appears mainly among people born between the 1960s and the 1980s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 6,502 people named Elba, with a median age of 46; proportionally, it is most common in Pernambuco. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Helba as a spelling variant.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Elba · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Elba · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Elba
What does the name Elba mean?
The meaning of Elba 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 Elba in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 6,502 people with the first name Elba, which ranks it number 2,280 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Elba a boy's or a girl's name?
Elba is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 6,462 women and 40 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Elba most common?
Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.007% of the state's population is named Elba (659 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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