Meaning of the nameGildean
- Male
- Gil-de-an
Gildean is a Brazilian male name that begins with Gil-, a common element in compound names, and its full origin is uncertain.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,297 people named Gildean, the 6,947th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 29, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.
Meaning
The meaning of Gildean 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)
- 1,297
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,947
- Median age
- 29 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,338
- people
Gildean in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Gildean, 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 (390 people).
40 women 1,257 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 Gildean is most common
States with the highest share of people named Gildean in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Maranhão | 456 | 0.007% |
| Bahia | 156 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 122 | 0.002% |
| São Paulo | 79 | 0.000% |
| Piauí | 73 | 0.002% |
| Goiás | 70 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 52 | 0.002% |
| Tocantins | 47 | 0.003% |
| Ceará | 40 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 26 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 24 | 0.000% |
| Roraima | 23 | 0.004% |
| Paraíba | 22 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 18 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Gildean
The origin of the name Gildean as a whole is uncertain. Its beginning, Gil-, has an uncertain origin according to the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), which possibly links it to a fragment of Gilberto and notes that the given name Gil was common in Portugal in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,297 people named Gildean, with a median age of 29; most were born in the 1980s and 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Gil-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Gildean
What does the name Gildean mean?
The meaning of Gildean 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 Gildean in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,297 people with the first name Gildean, which ranks it number 6,947 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Gildean a boy's or a girl's name?
Gildean is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 40 women and 1,257 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Gildean most common?
Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.007% of the state's population is named Gildean (456 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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