Meaning of the nameIldo

Ildo is a masculine name of Germanic origin, the masculine form of Ilda, which comes from Germanic hild, 'combat'.

Meaning

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

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

People (2022): 7,856
Rank in Brazil: #2,006
Median age: 59 years
2010 Census: 9,982; people

Ildo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ildo, 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 (2,380 people).

28 women 7,828 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 Ildo is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
Rio Grande do Sul	2,722	0.025%
São Paulo	746	0.002%
Santa Catarina	687	0.009%
Paraná	679	0.006%
Minas Gerais	558	0.003%
Bahia	330	0.002%
Mato Grosso	284	0.008%
Goiás	241	0.003%
Pará	203	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	200	0.001%
Pernambuco	179	0.002%
Espírito Santo	141	0.004%
Maranhão	136	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	125	0.005%
Amazonas	87	0.002%
Ceará	69	0.001%
Paraíba	67	0.002%
Rondônia	63	0.004%
Distrito Federal	56	0.002%
Tocantins	53	0.004%
Alagoas	50	0.002%
Piauí	40	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	38	0.001%
Sergipe	34	0.002%
Amapá	34	0.005%
Acre	19	0.002%
Roraima	15	0.002%

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

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.

The most common spelling in the group, without the initial h, the form that according to Machado usage established.

Other spellings of Ildo

Spelling	People (2022)
Ildo	7,856
Hildo	3,238

Sources

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

Questions about the name Ildo

What does the name Ildo mean?

Ildo means “masculine form of Ilda, from Germanic hild, 'combat'”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

How many people are named Ildo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 7,856 people with the first name Ildo, which ranks it number 2,006 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Ildo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 28 women and 7,828 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Ildo?

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

In which Brazilian state is Ildo most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.025% of the state's population is named Ildo (2,722 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Ildo?

Hildo. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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