Meaning of the nameFrancilda

Female
Germanic origin
Fran-cil-da

Francilda is a feminine name of Germanic origin, formed from Franc- and -ilda, but the meaning of the name as a whole is not documented.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,052 people named Francilda, the 5,022nd 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 Francilda 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): 2,052
Rank in Brazil: #5,022
Median age: 40 years
2010 Census: 2,169; people

Francilda in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Francilda, 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 (762 people).

2,043 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 Francilda is most common

States with the highest share of people named Francilda in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Maranhão 0.008%
Piauí 0.006%
Ceará 0.004%
Pará 0.002%
São Paulo 0.000%

All states

State	People	% of population
Maranhão	556	0.008%
Ceará	314	0.004%
Pará	196	0.002%
São Paulo	189	0.000%
Piauí	186	0.006%
Goiás	79	0.001%
Pernambuco	61	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	53	0.002%
Paraíba	52	0.001%
Distrito Federal	50	0.002%
Bahia	40	0.000%
Tocantins	40	0.003%
Mato Grosso	36	0.001%
Acre	33	0.004%
Amazonas	32	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	28	0.000%
Minas Gerais	25	0.000%
Roraima	24	0.004%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Francilda

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) analyzes Francilda as Franc- + -ilda and describes it, citing Machado (1981), as the name of a saint of Germanic origin. The Morfemário links Franc- to the Germanic frank, 'Frank', and -ilda to the Germanic hild, 'battle'. The two elements are documented, but the meaning of the whole name is not. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,052 people named Francilda, with a median age of 40, most of them born in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s; proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Francilda · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Franc-, -ilda) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Francilda

What does the name Francilda mean?

The meaning of Francilda 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 Francilda in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,052 people with the first name Francilda, which ranks it number 5,022 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Francilda a boy's or a girl's name?

Francilda is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,043 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Francilda?

Francilda is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Francilda most common?

Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.008% of the state's population is named Francilda (556 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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