Meaning of the nameIlma

Female
Il-ma

Ilma is a short feminine name of uncertain origin; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil points to it as a probable hypocorism of Vilma.

Meaning

The meaning of Ilma 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): 26,410
Rank in Brazil: #894
Median age: 56 years
2010 Census: 31,722; people

Ilma in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ilma, 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 (7,402 people).

26,276 women 134 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 Ilma is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	5,053	0.025%
São Paulo	3,724	0.008%
Rio de Janeiro	3,243	0.020%
Bahia	2,297	0.016%
Goiás	1,502	0.021%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,438	0.013%
Paraná	1,209	0.011%
Pará	971	0.012%
Espírito Santo	937	0.024%
Santa Catarina	746	0.010%
Pernambuco	691	0.008%
Maranhão	595	0.009%
Mato Grosso do Sul	521	0.019%
Mato Grosso	471	0.013%
Paraíba	392	0.010%
Distrito Federal	383	0.014%
Rio Grande do Norte	380	0.012%
Amazonas	350	0.009%
Sergipe	300	0.014%
Rondônia	279	0.018%
Ceará	254	0.003%
Alagoas	227	0.007%
Tocantins	165	0.011%
Piauí	111	0.003%
Amapá	94	0.013%
Roraima	43	0.007%
Acre	34	0.004%

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

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.

This is the most common spelling in the group; Ilma is also a rare Finnish name with the same spelling, which Behind the Name links to the word for 'air'.

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 Ilma

What does the name Ilma mean?

The meaning of Ilma 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 Ilma in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 26,410 people with the first name Ilma, which ranks it number 894 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Ilma is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 26,276 women and 134 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Ilma most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.025% of the state's population is named Ilma (5,053 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Ilma?

Hilma. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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