Meaning of the nameElinalda
- Female
- E-li-nal-da
Elinalda is a Brazilian female name that recalls two formatives from the Morfemário: Eli- at the start and -nalda, a feminine ending, at the end.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,022 people named Elinalda, the 8,169th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 40, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.
Meaning
The meaning of Elinalda is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 1,022
- Rank in Brazil
- #8,169
- Median age
- 40 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,063
- people
Elinalda in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Elinalda, 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 (379 people).
1,014 women 0 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 Elinalda is most common
States with the highest share of people named Elinalda in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Maranhão | 212 | 0.003% |
| Pará | 119 | 0.002% |
| São Paulo | 102 | 0.000% |
| Pernambuco | 99 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 85 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 57 | 0.002% |
| Paraíba | 55 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 53 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 34 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 31 | 0.000% |
| Sergipe | 27 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 24 | 0.000% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 21 | 0.000% |
| Alagoas | 16 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Elinalda
The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil describes Eli- as a formative of doubtful origin, perhaps linked to the name Eli, an abbreviation of Eliel ('God is high'), and -nalda as a feminine ending of uncertain origin, probably the feminine of -aldo and -naldo, of various Germanic origins. Since Elinalda is not among the names cited and the origin of each part is uncertain, the meaning of the whole name is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,022 people named Elinalda, with a median age of 40; almost all records are female and most were born in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Elinalda
What does the name Elinalda mean?
The meaning of Elinalda is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Elinalda in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,022 people with the first name Elinalda, which ranks it number 8,169 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Elinalda a boy's or a girl's name?
Elinalda is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,014 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Elinalda most common?
Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.003% of the state's population is named Elinalda (212 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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