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Meaning of the nameHavila

Havila is a spelling of the name Ávila, which means “name of the Spanish city of Ávila; surname of geographic origin”.

Meaning

“name of the Spanish city of Ávila; surname of geographic origin”

Meaning of the name Ávila, of which Havila is a spelling.

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Avila

People (2022)
1,623
Rank in Brazil
#5,926
Median age
12 years
2010 Census
679
people

Havila in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Havila, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (611 people).

1,554 women 69 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 Havila is most common

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

  1. Amazonas 0.003%
  2. Maranhão 0.003%
  3. Pará 0.002%
  4. Goiás 0.002%
  5. Ceará 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Maranhão1940.003%
Pará1750.002%
Goiás1420.002%
Ceará1410.002%
Amazonas1250.003%
São Paulo1050.000%
Bahia980.001%
Pernambuco900.001%
Tocantins800.005%
Rio Grande do Norte630.002%
Minas Gerais610.000%
Espírito Santo500.001%
Paraíba440.001%
Piauí440.001%
Rio de Janeiro430.000%
Mato Grosso320.001%
Paraná310.000%
Distrito Federal190.001%
Rondônia180.001%

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

The spelling Havila

It adds an initial H, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists it among the spelling variants of Avila. Proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.

About the name Ávila

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil explains Avila as the name of a city in Spain, the Avela of the ancient Romans, and as a surname of geographic origin. Wiktionary records Ávila, in Portuguese, as the name of a province of Castile and León and of a city in that province. Behind the Name gives a different origin: for it, Avila comes from the Old Germanic element awi, of unknown meaning. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,566 people named Avila, with a median age of 11. Proportionally, it is most common in Tocantins.

Other spellings of Ávila

SpellingPeople (2022)
Ávila5,566
Havila1,623

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Avila · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Ávila · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Avila · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Havila

What does the name Havila mean?

Havila means “name of the Spanish city of Ávila; surname of geographic origin”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil. This is the meaning of the name Ávila, of which Havila is a spelling.

How many people are named Havila in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,623 people with the first name Havila, which ranks it number 5,926 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

Havila is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,554 women and 69 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Havila?

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

In which Brazilian state is Havila most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.003% of the state's population is named Havila (125 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Havila?

Ávila. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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