Meaning of the nameElida
- Female
- E-li-da
Elida is a female name of uncertain origin, which the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists with the variants Helida, Elyda and Helyda and the Galician form Élida.
Meaning
The meaning of Elida 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)
- 16,962
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,179
- Median age
- 37 years
- 2010 Census
- 19,199
- people
Elida in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Elida, 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 (4,923 people).
16,880 women 82 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 Elida is most common
States with the highest share of people named Elida in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.024%
- Pernambuco 0.016%
- Paraíba 0.014%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.013%
- Espírito Santo 0.012%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 2,469 | 0.006% |
| Minas Gerais | 2,339 | 0.011% |
| Pernambuco | 1,464 | 0.016% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 1,405 | 0.013% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 1,121 | 0.007% |
| Pará | 911 | 0.011% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 671 | 0.024% |
| Maranhão | 660 | 0.010% |
| Paraná | 605 | 0.005% |
| Paraíba | 567 | 0.014% |
| Goiás | 559 | 0.008% |
| Bahia | 523 | 0.004% |
| Espírito Santo | 474 | 0.012% |
| Ceará | 469 | 0.005% |
| Alagoas | 365 | 0.012% |
| Santa Catarina | 352 | 0.005% |
| Mato Grosso | 347 | 0.010% |
| Amazonas | 326 | 0.008% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 326 | 0.010% |
| Distrito Federal | 234 | 0.008% |
| Piauí | 185 | 0.006% |
| Sergipe | 134 | 0.006% |
| Rondônia | 132 | 0.008% |
| Tocantins | 103 | 0.007% |
| Acre | 92 | 0.011% |
| Amapá | 77 | 0.011% |
| Roraima | 52 | 0.008% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Elida
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Elyda, Helida and Helyda as spelling variants of Elida and records Élida, with an accent, as a Galician variant. Wiktionary lists Elida as a female given name in English and in Albanian, and also as the name of some places in the United States. The origin of the name is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 16,962 people named Elida, with a median age of 37. The name is almost always female.
It is the most recorded spelling in the group and the one the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil uses as its entry; the decade with the most records is the 1980s.
Other spellings of Elida
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Elida | 16,962 |
| Helida | 3,469 |
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Elida · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
- Wiktionary: Elida · en.wiktionary.org · usage
Questions about the name Elida
What does the name Elida mean?
The meaning of Elida 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 Elida in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 16,962 people with the first name Elida, which ranks it number 1,179 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Elida a boy's or a girl's name?
Elida is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 16,880 women and 82 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Elida most common?
Proportionally, in Mato Grosso do Sul: 0.024% of the state's population is named Elida (671 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Elida?
Helida. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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