Meaning of the nameHilma
- Female
- Hil-ma
Hilma is a spelling of the name Ilma.
Meaning
The meaning of Hilma 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)
- 2,659
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,234
- Median age
- 58 years
- 2010 Census
- 3,079
- people
Hilma in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Hilma, 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 (672 people).
2,651 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 Hilma is most common
States with the highest share of people named Hilma in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Pará 0.003%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
- Bahia 0.002%
- Santa Catarina 0.002%
- Maranhão 0.002%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Rio de Janeiro | 369 | 0.002% |
| São Paulo | 340 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 272 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 238 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 203 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 156 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 129 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 109 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 103 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 97 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 94 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 94 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 58 | 0.002% |
| Distrito Federal | 54 | 0.002% |
| Paraíba | 52 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 52 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 51 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 32 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 28 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 26 | 0.002% |
| Sergipe | 20 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 20 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 18 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 18 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 17 | 0.002% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Hilma
With an initial H, it is a spelling variant of Ilma in the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil; in Swedish and Finnish there is a Hilma that Wiktionary considers a probable variant of Wilhelmina.
About the name Ilma
The Morfemário (morpheme list) of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) says the origin of Ilma is uncertain and points to it as a probable hypocorism of Vilma, which in turn is described as a hypocorism of the Germanic Wilhelmine (Guilhermina). The entry for Ilma in the same dictionary lists Hilma and Hylma as spelling variants, and the Morfemário suggests that Ilma may lie at the base of the formative -ilma, in Brazilian names such as Adailma, Elenilma and Joseilma. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 26,410 people named Ilma, a name almost always female, with a median age of 56. Proportionally, it is most common in Minas Gerais.
Other spellings of Ilma
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Ilma | 26,410 |
| Hilma | 2,659 |
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ilma) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ilma · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
- Behind the Name: Ilma · behindthename.com · usage
- Wiktionary: Hilma · en.wiktionary.org · usage
Questions about the name Hilma
What does the name Hilma mean?
The meaning of Hilma 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 Hilma in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,659 people with the first name Hilma, which ranks it number 4,234 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Hilma a boy's or a girl's name?
Hilma is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,651 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Hilma most common?
Proportionally, in Pará: 0.003% of the state's population is named Hilma (203 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Hilma?
Ilma. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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