Meaning of the nameGildo

Gildo is a male name of Italian origin, the masculine form of Gilda, a short form of Germanic names with the element gelt, 'payment, tribute'.

Meaning

“masculine form of Gilda, from names with the Germanic element gelt, 'payment, tribute'”

Source: Behind the Name: Gildo · Behind the Name: Gilda

People (2022): 15,685
Rank in Brazil: #1,256
Median age: 51 years
2010 Census: 18,587; people

Gildo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Gildo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (4,409 people).

60 women 15,625 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 Gildo is most common

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

Pernambuco 0.022%
Sergipe 0.021%
Alagoas 0.014%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.011%
Espírito Santo 0.011%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,972	0.007%
Pernambuco	1,973	0.022%
Bahia	1,513	0.011%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,230	0.011%
Minas Gerais	1,018	0.005%
Rio de Janeiro	847	0.005%
Paraná	818	0.007%
Goiás	573	0.008%
Santa Catarina	514	0.007%
Sergipe	474	0.021%
Alagoas	446	0.014%
Espírito Santo	418	0.011%
Paraíba	413	0.010%
Pará	411	0.005%
Ceará	365	0.004%
Mato Grosso	246	0.007%
Maranhão	237	0.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul	228	0.008%
Amazonas	203	0.005%
Distrito Federal	148	0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte	147	0.005%
Rondônia	128	0.008%
Piauí	125	0.004%
Tocantins	84	0.006%
Acre	74	0.009%
Roraima	60	0.009%
Amapá	20	0.003%

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

About the name Gildo

Behind the Name gives Gildo as the Italian masculine form of Gilda, which began as an Italian short form of Ermenegilda and of other names with the Old German element gelt, 'payment, tribute, compensation'; the same source relates Gildo to Hermenegildo, the Portuguese and Spanish form. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil includes Gildo among the traditional names with Gil-, and the dictionary records Jildo as a spelling variant. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 15,685 people named Gildo, with a median age of 51. The name is almost always male, peaked among people born in the 1970s and, proportionally, is most common in Pernambuco.

Sources

Behind the Name: Gildo · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Gilda · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Gildo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (GIL-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage

Questions about the name Gildo

What does the name Gildo mean?

Gildo means “masculine form of Gilda, from names with the Germanic element gelt, 'payment, tribute'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Gildo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 15,685 people with the first name Gildo, which ranks it number 1,256 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Gildo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 60 women and 15,625 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Gildo?

Gildo is a name of Italian and Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Gildo most common?

Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.022% of the state's population is named Gildo (1,973 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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