Meaning of the nameIlmara
- Female
- Il-ma-ra
Ilmara is a modern Brazilian feminine name that combines a beginning of the Ilma- type with the ending -mara, and whose meaning is not known for certain.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,595 people named Ilmara, the 6,006th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 33, and the largest group was born in the 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.
Meaning
The meaning of Ilmara is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 1,595
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,006
- Median age
- 33 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,770
- people
Ilmara in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Ilmara, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (492 people).
1,586 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 Ilmara is most common
States with the highest share of people named Ilmara in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Maranhão 0.003%
- Bahia 0.003%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.000%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 399 | 0.003% |
| Maranhão | 213 | 0.003% |
| São Paulo | 153 | 0.000% |
| Minas Gerais | 128 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 78 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 63 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 55 | 0.000% |
| Piauí | 55 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 48 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 48 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 44 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 43 | 0.002% |
| Goiás | 34 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 28 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 27 | 0.000% |
| Espírito Santo | 27 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 24 | 0.001% |
| Acre | 23 | 0.003% |
| Mato Grosso | 19 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 17 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Ilmara
Ilmara has the form Ilma + -mara, two elements that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes in other names: -ilma, of uncertain origin, possibly linked to Ilma, a hypocoristic of Vilma, and -mara, with three possible origins (a hypocoristic of Maria, Hebrew marah 'bitterness' or Tupi marã 'bad'). None of these readings is documented for Ilmara. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,595 people named Ilmara, with a median age of 33. It is almost always a female name, for people born mostly in the 1980s and 1990s.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ilma · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ilma, -mara) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Ilmara
What does the name Ilmara mean?
The meaning of Ilmara is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Ilmara in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,595 people with the first name Ilmara, which ranks it number 6,006 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Ilmara a boy's or a girl's name?
Ilmara is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,586 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Ilmara most common?
Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.003% of the state's population is named Ilmara (213 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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