Meaning of the nameGecilda
- Female
- Ge-cil-da
Gecilda is a female name of uncertain origin, ending in -ilda, an element that the Morfemário links to the Germanic hild, 'battle'.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,291 people named Gecilda, the 6,968th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 57, and the largest group was born in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.
Meaning
The meaning of Gecilda 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)
- 1,291
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,968
- Median age
- 57 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,372
- people
Gecilda in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Gecilda, 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 (370 people).
1,284 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 Gecilda is most common
States with the highest share of people named Gecilda in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
- Ceará 0.001%
- Bahia 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.000%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Rio de Janeiro | 251 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 181 | 0.002% |
| São Paulo | 115 | 0.000% |
| Bahia | 107 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 107 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 91 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 73 | 0.000% |
| Amazonas | 54 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 49 | 0.000% |
| Santa Catarina | 44 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 33 | 0.000% |
| Pernambuco | 31 | 0.000% |
| Maranhão | 20 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 20 | 0.000% |
| Acre | 19 | 0.002% |
| Rondônia | 16 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Gecilda
The origin of Gecilda is uncertain. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil explains that the ending -ilda, -ilde comes from the Germanic hild, hilde, 'battle', as in Brunilda and Clotilde; the beginning Gece- has no documented origin. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,291 people named Gecilda, almost always women, with the largest number of records among those born in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ilda) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Gecilda
What does the name Gecilda mean?
The meaning of Gecilda 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 Gecilda in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,291 people with the first name Gecilda, which ranks it number 6,968 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Gecilda a boy's or a girl's name?
Gecilda is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,284 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Gecilda most common?
Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.002% of the state's population is named Gecilda (181 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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