Meaning of the nameElenilda

Female
Germanic origin
E-le-nil-da

Elenilda is a female name created in Brazil from Helena and the Germanic ending -ilda; the meaning of the whole is not documented.

Meaning

The meaning of Elenilda 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): 10,310
Rank in Brazil: #1,681
Median age: 45 years
2010 Census: 11,134; people

Elenilda in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Elenilda, 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 (3,389 people).

10,255 women 55 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 Elenilda is most common

States with the highest share of people named Elenilda in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Alagoas 0.028%
Bahia 0.012%
Pernambuco 0.011%
Sergipe 0.011%
Paraíba 0.010%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	1,705	0.012%
São Paulo	1,519	0.003%
Pernambuco	1,017	0.011%
Alagoas	875	0.028%
Ceará	829	0.009%
Minas Gerais	525	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	478	0.003%
Pará	466	0.006%
Maranhão	409	0.006%
Paraíba	383	0.010%
Goiás	291	0.004%
Rio Grande do Norte	242	0.007%
Sergipe	242	0.011%
Piauí	217	0.007%
Espírito Santo	195	0.005%
Amazonas	148	0.004%
Paraná	146	0.001%
Mato Grosso	123	0.003%
Distrito Federal	101	0.004%
Rondônia	85	0.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul	68	0.003%
Acre	64	0.008%
Santa Catarina	57	0.001%
Amapá	44	0.006%
Tocantins	34	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	30	0.000%
Roraima	17	0.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Elenilda

Wiktionary describes Elenilda as a Brazilian creation that blends Helena with the element -ilda, the same as in Matilda and Brunilda, from Proto-Germanic *hildiz. The morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil links -ilda to the Germanic hild, 'battle'. According to Behind the Name, the Greek Helene, from which Helena comes, is probably connected to a word for 'torch', but the origin is uncertain, and the name as a whole has no established meaning. It is a name of women born mostly between the 1960s and 1980s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 10,310 people named Elenilda, with a median age of 45. The spelling Helenilda adds the H of Helena.

Spelling without H, the most common in the group.

Other spellings of Elenilda

Spelling	People (2022)
Elenilda	10,310
Helenilda	1,448

Sources

Wiktionary: Elenilda · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Wiktionary: Helenilda · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Helen · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Elenilda

What does the name Elenilda mean?

The meaning of Elenilda 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 Elenilda in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 10,310 people with the first name Elenilda, which ranks it number 1,681 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

Is Elenilda a boy's or a girl's name?

Elenilda is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 10,255 women and 55 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Elenilda?

Elenilda is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Elenilda most common?

Proportionally, in Alagoas: 0.028% of the state's population is named Elenilda (875 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Elenilda?

Helenilda. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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