Meaning of the nameEvanilde
- Female
- E-va-nil-de
Evanilde is a Brazilian female name ending in -ilde, an element that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) links to the Germanic hild, 'combat'.
Meaning
The meaning of Evanilde 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)
- 5,880
- Rank in Brazil
- #2,443
- Median age
- 53 years
- 2010 Census
- 6,213
- people
Evanilde in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Evanilde, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (1,575 people).
5,799 women 81 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 Evanilde is most common
States with the highest share of people named Evanilde in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Tocantins 0.014%
- Maranhão 0.007%
- Piauí 0.007%
- Sergipe 0.006%
- Santa Catarina 0.005%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 1,158 | 0.003% |
| Bahia | 632 | 0.005% |
| Minas Gerais | 551 | 0.003% |
| Maranhão | 491 | 0.007% |
| Santa Catarina | 399 | 0.005% |
| Paraná | 377 | 0.003% |
| Pará | 326 | 0.004% |
| Goiás | 218 | 0.003% |
| Piauí | 213 | 0.007% |
| Tocantins | 204 | 0.014% |
| Distrito Federal | 136 | 0.005% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 136 | 0.005% |
| Mato Grosso | 133 | 0.004% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 132 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 127 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 126 | 0.006% |
| Amazonas | 117 | 0.003% |
| Ceará | 96 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 68 | 0.004% |
| Espírito Santo | 65 | 0.002% |
| Acre | 53 | 0.006% |
| Pernambuco | 39 | 0.000% |
| Amapá | 21 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 20 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 17 | 0.000% |
| Roraima | 15 | 0.002% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Evanilde
The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil explains -ilda, -ilde and -ildes as female endings of Germanic origin, from hild/hilde, 'combat', as in Ivanilde and Josenilde. The same dictionary analyzes the male Evanildo as Eva- + nildo, but does not document the meaning of the beginning of Evanilde, so the meaning of the whole name is not known with certainty. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,880 people named Evanilde, with a median age of 53. Most were born in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and the name is almost always female. Proportionally, it is most common in Tocantins.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ilde) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Evanildo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Evanilde
What does the name Evanilde mean?
The meaning of Evanilde 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 Evanilde in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,880 people with the first name Evanilde, which ranks it number 2,443 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Evanilde a boy's or a girl's name?
Evanilde is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 5,799 women and 81 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Evanilde most common?
Proportionally, in Tocantins: 0.014% of the state's population is named Evanilde (204 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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