Meaning of the nameFrancinilda

Female
Germanic origin
Fran-ci-nil-da

Francinilda is a Brazilian feminine name formed from Germanic elements, Franci- ('frank') and -ilda ('battle'), with no documented meaning for the whole.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,514 people named Francinilda, the 6,218th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 41, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Norte.

Meaning

The meaning of Francinilda 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): 1,514
Rank in Brazil: #6,218
Median age: 41 years
2010 Census: 1,587; people

Francinilda in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Francinilda, 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 (514 people).

1,506 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 Francinilda is most common

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

Rio Grande do Norte 0.006%
Ceará 0.005%
Paraíba 0.004%
Amazonas 0.003%
Pará 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
Ceará	425	0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte	203	0.006%
Paraíba	149	0.004%
Amazonas	112	0.003%
São Paulo	111	0.000%
Pará	102	0.001%
Maranhão	97	0.001%
Piauí	67	0.002%
Pernambuco	45	0.001%
Goiás	35	0.001%
Acre	26	0.003%
Bahia	22	0.000%
Distrito Federal	22	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	17	0.000%
Amapá	17	0.002%

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

About the name Francinilda

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) explains Franci- as an element of Germanic origin, from frank, "frank", and -ilda as an element of Germanic origin, from hild, "battle". The formation of the whole name is not documented, so the meaning of the whole is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,514 people named Francinilda, with a median age of 41. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Norte. The name is almost always female, and most of the people recorded were born in the 1970s and 1980s.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Francinilda

What does the name Francinilda mean?

The meaning of Francinilda 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 Francinilda in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,514 people with the first name Francinilda, which ranks it number 6,218 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Francinilda is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,506 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Francinilda?

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

In which Brazilian state is Francinilda most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Norte: 0.006% of the state's population is named Francinilda (203 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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