Meaning of the nameErotilde
- Unisex
- E-ro-til-de
Erotilde is a Brazilian name ending in -ilde, a name-forming element of Germanic origin linked to hild, 'battle'.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,439 people named Erotilde, the 6,449th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 67, and the largest group was born in the 1950s. Proportionally, it is most common in Mato Grosso do Sul.
Meaning
The meaning of Erotilde 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)
- 1,439
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,449
- Median age
- 67 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,132
- people
Erotilde in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Erotilde, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (454 people).
1,273 women 166 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 Erotilde is most common
States with the highest share of people named Erotilde in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.004%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
- Pernambuco 0.001%
- Paraná 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.000%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 177 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 172 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 111 | 0.004% |
| Paraná | 107 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 104 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 96 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 75 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 70 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 68 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 68 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 55 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 45 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 42 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 37 | 0.000% |
| Paraíba | 36 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 25 | 0.000% |
| Piauí | 23 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 22 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 15 | 0.000% |
| Rondônia | 15 | 0.001% |
| Acre | 15 | 0.002% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Erotilde
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil explains, in its morpheme list, that the ending -ilda/-ilde, as in Clotilde and Ivanilde, comes from the Germanic hild/hilde, 'battle'. The origin of the beginning Ero- is uncertain, and so the meaning of the whole name is too. The same dictionary has the entry Erotildes, with Erothildes and Herotildes as spelling variants. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,439 people named Erotilde, with a median age of 67. The records are of people born from before 1940 through the 1980s, with the largest group in the 1950s, and most are female, with some male records. The name's highest relative presence is in Mato Grosso do Sul.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ilda, -ilde) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Erotildes · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Erotilde
What does the name Erotilde mean?
The meaning of Erotilde 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 Erotilde in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,439 people with the first name Erotilde, which ranks it number 6,449 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.
Is Erotilde a boy's or a girl's name?
Erotilde is used by both men and women: in the 2022 Census, 1,273 women and 166 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Erotilde most common?
Proportionally, in Mato Grosso do Sul: 0.004% of the state's population is named Erotilde (111 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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