Meaning of the nameGilcilene
- Female
- Gil-ci-le-ne
Gilcilene is a female name of Brazilian formation that ends in -lene; the name as a whole has an uncertain origin.
Meaning
The meaning of Gilcilene 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)
- 1,809
- Rank in Brazil
- #5,491
- Median age
- 40 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,867
- people
Gilcilene in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Gilcilene, 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 (693 people).
1,801 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 Gilcilene is most common
States with the highest share of people named Gilcilene in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Maranhão 0.004%
- Pará 0.002%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
- Bahia 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Maranhão | 277 | 0.004% |
| Minas Gerais | 248 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 242 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 179 | 0.002% |
| São Paulo | 130 | 0.000% |
| Bahia | 108 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 83 | 0.002% |
| Espírito Santo | 82 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 54 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 53 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 43 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 33 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 31 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 30 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 28 | 0.000% |
| Tocantins | 27 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso | 22 | 0.001% |
| Roraima | 20 | 0.003% |
| Paraná | 19 | 0.000% |
| Santa Catarina | 19 | 0.000% |
| Acre | 18 | 0.002% |
| Paraíba | 16 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Gilcilene
The ending -lene is described in the Morphemary of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) as a female formative, probably from the French -enne or from names such as Irene and Marlene, found in Jacilene, Jocilene and Rosilene. The same dictionary records names with a similar beginning, such as Gilcilane, Gilcimar and Gilcileide. The origin of Gilcilene as a whole is uncertain, so the meaning is not known. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,809 people named Gilcilene, with a median age of 40; proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão. Most people were born in the 1970s and 1980s, and the name is almost always female.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ENE, -LENE) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Gilcilane · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Gilcilene
What does the name Gilcilene mean?
The meaning of Gilcilene 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 Gilcilene in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,809 people with the first name Gilcilene, which ranks it number 5,491 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Gilcilene a boy's or a girl's name?
Gilcilene is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,801 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Gilcilene most common?
Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.004% of the state's population is named Gilcilene (277 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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