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Meaning of the nameHildo

Hildo is a spelling of the name Ildo, which means “masculine form of Ilda, from Germanic hild, 'combat'”.

Meaning

“masculine form of Ilda, from Germanic hild, 'combat'”

Meaning of the name Ildo, of which Hildo is a spelling.

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ildo · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ilda

People (2022)
3,238
Rank in Brazil
#3,685
Median age
57 years
2010 Census
3,744
people

Hildo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Hildo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (793 people).

0 women 3,228 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 Hildo is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.004%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.003%
  3. Mato Grosso 0.003%
  4. Pará 0.002%
  5. Pernambuco 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio Grande do Sul4410.004%
São Paulo4270.001%
Bahia2370.002%
Santa Catarina2350.003%
Minas Gerais2340.001%
Paraná2060.002%
Rio de Janeiro1900.001%
Pernambuco1710.002%
Pará1700.002%
Maranhão1070.002%
Goiás1020.001%
Mato Grosso1020.003%
Ceará910.001%
Espírito Santo840.002%
Paraíba810.002%
Amazonas600.002%
Piauí480.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul470.002%
Rio Grande do Norte460.001%
Distrito Federal270.001%
Alagoas260.001%
Rondônia260.002%
Amapá230.003%
Sergipe200.001%
Tocantins180.001%

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

The spelling Hildo

Spelling with an initial h, which recalls the Germanic root hild-; the dictionary records it as a spelling variant of Ildo.

About the name Ildo

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Ildo as the masculine of Ilda and cites Machado, who links Ilda to Germanic hild-, 'combat'. According to Machado, this root would justify the spelling with an initial h, which usage ended up rejecting, and he also records the forms Hilda and Hildo. The dictionary's Morfemário includes Hildo among the traditional names with the ending -ildo. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 7,856 people named Ildo, with a median age of 59; proportionally, the name is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Other spellings of Ildo

SpellingPeople (2022)
Ildo7,856
Hildo3,238

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ildo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ilda · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Hildo

What does the name Hildo mean?

Hildo means “masculine form of Ilda, from Germanic hild, 'combat'”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil. This is the meaning of the name Ildo, of which Hildo is a spelling.

How many people are named Hildo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,238 people with the first name Hildo, which ranks it number 3,685 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Hildo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 3,228 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Hildo?

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

In which Brazilian state is Hildo most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.004% of the state's population is named Hildo (441 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Hildo?

Ildo. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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