Meaning of the nameHelenilda

Female
Germanic origin
He-le-nil-da

Helenilda is a spelling of the name Elenilda.

Meaning

The meaning of Helenilda 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): 1,448
Rank in Brazil: #6,420
Median age: 47 years
2010 Census: 1,435; people

Helenilda in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Helenilda, 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 (500 people).

1,444 women 0 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 Helenilda is most common

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

Alagoas 0.005%
Pernambuco 0.002%
Bahia 0.001%
São Paulo 0.001%
Minas Gerais 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	257	0.001%
Bahia	205	0.001%
Pernambuco	162	0.002%
Alagoas	154	0.005%
Minas Gerais	102	0.001%
Ceará	97	0.001%
Paraíba	66	0.002%
Goiás	62	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	53	0.000%
Pará	46	0.001%
Maranhão	40	0.001%
Piauí	40	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	30	0.001%
Sergipe	22	0.001%
Distrito Federal	19	0.001%
Paraná	15	0.000%
Espírito Santo	15	0.000%

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

The spelling Helenilda

Spelling with an initial H, closer to the spelling of Helena; much less frequent.

About the name Elenilda

Wiktionary describes Elenilda as a Brazilian creation that blends Helena with the element -ilda, the same as in Matilda and Brunilda, from Proto-Germanic *hildiz. The morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil links -ilda to the Germanic hild, 'battle'. According to Behind the Name, the Greek Helene, from which Helena comes, is probably connected to a word for 'torch', but the origin is uncertain, and the name as a whole has no established meaning. It is a name of women born mostly between the 1960s and 1980s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 10,310 people named Elenilda, with a median age of 45. The spelling Helenilda adds the H of Helena.

Other spellings of Elenilda

Spelling	People (2022)
Elenilda	10,310
Helenilda	1,448

Sources

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

Questions about the name Helenilda

What does the name Helenilda mean?

The meaning of Helenilda 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 Helenilda in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,448 people with the first name Helenilda, which ranks it number 6,420 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Helenilda is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,444 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Helenilda?

Helenilda is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Helenilda most common?

Proportionally, in Alagoas: 0.005% of the state's population is named Helenilda (154 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Helenilda?

Elenilda. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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