Meaning of the nameEnildo
- Male
- E-nil-do
Enildo is a Brazilian masculine name of modern formation, ending in -ildo, whose origin and meaning are not known with certainty.
Meaning
The meaning of Enildo 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)
- 3,029
- Rank in Brazil
- #3,869
- Median age
- 50 years
- 2010 Census
- 3,454
- people
Enildo in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Enildo, 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 (818 people).
0 women 3,019 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 Enildo is most common
States with the highest share of people named Enildo in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Espírito Santo 0.005%
- Pernambuco 0.004%
- Amazonas 0.003%
- Pará 0.003%
- Paraíba 0.003%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Pernambuco | 385 | 0.004% |
| São Paulo | 304 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 270 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 235 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 227 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 216 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 195 | 0.002% |
| Espírito Santo | 177 | 0.005% |
| Amazonas | 124 | 0.003% |
| Maranhão | 121 | 0.002% |
| Paraíba | 102 | 0.003% |
| Goiás | 92 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 62 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 61 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso | 54 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 53 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 52 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 48 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 47 | 0.000% |
| Rondônia | 35 | 0.002% |
| Amapá | 34 | 0.005% |
| Piauí | 32 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 31 | 0.001% |
| Acre | 25 | 0.003% |
| Roraima | 21 | 0.003% |
| Sergipe | 18 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Enildo
The ending -ildo comes, according to the Morfemário, from Germanic hild or hilde, 'combat', with the note that it may derive from -gildo; it appears in Brazilian names such as Amarildo, Evanildo and Wanildo. The origin of the spelling Enildo, as a whole, is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,029 people named Enildo, almost always male. Those born in the 1960s and 1970s are the most numerous, and, proportionally, the name is most common in Espírito Santo.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ildo, -nildo) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Enildo
What does the name Enildo mean?
The meaning of Enildo 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 Enildo in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,029 people with the first name Enildo, which ranks it number 3,869 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Enildo a boy's or a girl's name?
Enildo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 3,019 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Enildo most common?
Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.005% of the state's population is named Enildo (177 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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