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Meaning of the nameGildomar

Gildomar is a male name of Brazilian formation, ending in the element -mar.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,272 people named Gildomar, the 7,045th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 46, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Meaning

The meaning of Gildomar 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)
1,272
Rank in Brazil
#7,045
Median age
46 years
2010 Census
1,409
people

Gildomar in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Gildomar, 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 (535 people).

0 women 1,262 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 Gildomar is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.004%
  2. Bahia 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio Grande do Sul4380.004%
Bahia1090.001%
São Paulo990.000%
Maranhão640.001%
Minas Gerais620.000%
Goiás580.001%
Pernambuco500.001%
Santa Catarina430.001%
Piauí410.001%
Ceará380.000%
Pará360.000%
Rio Grande do Norte310.001%
Paraíba300.001%
Paraná240.000%
Rio de Janeiro210.000%
Amazonas190.001%
Espírito Santo160.000%
Distrito Federal160.001%
Mato Grosso150.000%
Alagoas150.001%

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

About the name Gildomar

The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes the beginning Gil- as of uncertain origin, perhaps a fragment of given names such as Gilberto, and -mar as having three possible origins: the Germanic mar ('glory, fame, bright person'), a fragment of Maria, or the Portuguese noun mar, 'sea'. The meaning of Gildomar as a whole is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,272 people named Gildomar, with a median age of 46, almost always men. The dictionary lists the spelling Jildomar.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Gildomar · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage

Questions about the name Gildomar

What does the name Gildomar mean?

The meaning of Gildomar 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 Gildomar in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,272 people with the first name Gildomar, which ranks it number 7,045 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Gildomar is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,262 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Gildomar most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.004% of the state's population is named Gildomar (438 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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