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Meaning of the nameIlsa

Ilsa is a feminine name, a variant of Ilse, a short form of the name Elisabeth, which is of Hebrew origin and read as 'oath of God'.

Meaning

“variant of Ilse, short form of Elisabeth ('oath of God')”

Source: Behind the Name: Ilsa · Behind the Name: Ilse · Behind the Name: Elizabeth · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ilza

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People (2022)
3,923
Rank in Brazil
#3,235
Median age
60 years
2010 Census
5,529
people

Ilsa in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ilsa, 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 (1,041 people).

3,907 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 Ilsa is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.007%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.004%
  3. Paraná 0.003%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.002%
  5. Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio Grande do Sul7290.007%
São Paulo6240.001%
Minas Gerais4330.002%
Rio de Janeiro3340.002%
Paraná3050.003%
Santa Catarina2880.004%
Bahia2080.002%
Goiás1400.002%
Pernambuco1130.001%
Espírito Santo920.002%
Pará870.001%
Maranhão680.001%
Mato Grosso630.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul600.002%
Ceará590.001%
Rondônia480.003%
Paraíba450.001%
Alagoas450.001%
Distrito Federal320.001%
Amazonas310.001%
Piauí290.001%
Rio Grande do Norte280.001%
Tocantins200.001%
Acre170.002%
Sergipe150.001%

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

About the name Ilsa

Behind the Name presents Ilsa as a variant of Ilse, a German and Dutch diminutive of Elisabeth, which combines the Hebrew elements el, 'God', and shavaʿ, 'oath'; for Elisabeth, it gives the meaning 'my God is an oath'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), in its entry for Ilza, which lists Ilsa as a variant, points to a probable Germanic origin in Elsa or Else, diminutives of Elisabeth, from the Hebrew Elischeba, 'oath of God', and adds that the Germanic root may mean 'nymph' or 'undine'. Almost always female, it appears mainly among people born from the 1940s to the 1970s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,923 people named Ilsa, with a median age of 60.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Ilsa · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Ilse · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Elizabeth · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ilza · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  5. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-elza, -ilza) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Ilsa

What does the name Ilsa mean?

Ilsa means “variant of Ilse, short form of Elisabeth ('oath of God')”, according to Behind the Name and Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

How many people are named Ilsa in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,923 people with the first name Ilsa, which ranks it number 3,235 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Ilsa is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 3,907 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Ilsa?

Ilsa is a name of Germanic and Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Ilsa most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.007% of the state's population is named Ilsa (729 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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