Meaning of the nameGilmar

Male
Gil-mar

Gilmar is a Brazilian masculine name of uncertain origin, formed from Gil- and -mar; Wiktionary gathers several Germanic and Breton hypotheses for it.

Meaning

The meaning of Gilmar is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 145,744
Rank in Brazil: #231
Median age: 46 years
2010 Census: 160,511; people

Gilmar in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Gilmar, 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 (44,412 people).

778 women 144,966 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 Gilmar is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	25,814	0.058%
Minas Gerais	20,121	0.098%
Bahia	14,309	0.101%
Rio Grande do Sul	14,123	0.130%
Paraná	11,332	0.099%
Santa Catarina	10,143	0.133%
Rio de Janeiro	8,133	0.051%
Goiás	5,462	0.077%
Espírito Santo	4,164	0.109%
Pernambuco	4,073	0.045%
Mato Grosso	3,452	0.094%
Pará	3,421	0.042%
Maranhão	3,199	0.047%
Mato Grosso do Sul	2,651	0.096%
Paraíba	1,871	0.047%
Rondônia	1,703	0.108%
Piauí	1,592	0.049%
Amazonas	1,488	0.038%
Ceará	1,475	0.017%
Distrito Federal	1,458	0.052%
Alagoas	1,429	0.046%
Sergipe	1,345	0.061%
Rio Grande do Norte	1,256	0.038%
Tocantins	958	0.063%
Acre	292	0.035%
Roraima	292	0.046%
Amapá	188	0.026%

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

About the name Gilmar

The origin of Gilmar is uncertain. Wiktionary lists hypotheses: feminine names such as Childemara and Gilmara, with elements meaning 'battle' and 'famous'; the Germanic Agilmar, with 'sword' and 'famous'; or Breton names linked to 'servant of the Virgin Mary'. Behind the Name explains it as a blend of Gilberto and Maria, and the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil places Gilmar among the names with -mar, an element that may come from the Germanic 'glory, fame', from Maria or from the Portuguese word mar, 'sea', while Gil- has an uncertain origin. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 145,744 people named Gilmar, with a median age of 46, most of them born in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. The name is almost always male and, proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.

Sources

Wiktionary: Gilmar · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Gilmar · behindthename.com · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Gilmar · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Gilmar

What does the name Gilmar mean?

The meaning of Gilmar is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Gilmar in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 145,744 people with the first name Gilmar, which ranks it number 231 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Gilmar is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 778 women and 144,966 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Gilmar most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.133% of the state's population is named Gilmar (10,143 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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