Meaning of the nameIlza

Ilza is a feminine name probably of Germanic origin, which the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil links to Elsa or Else, short forms of Elisabete.

Meaning

“origin uncertain: perhaps from Germanic Ilsa, "nymph, water sprite", or from Else, a short form of Elisabete, "oath of God"”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ilza

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People (2022): 23,989
Rank in Brazil: #944
Median age: 59 years
2010 Census: 28,358; people

Ilza in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ilza, 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 (6,826 people).

23,879 women 110 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 Ilza is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	4,793	0.011%
Minas Gerais	3,836	0.019%
Rio de Janeiro	2,348	0.015%
Bahia	2,058	0.015%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,542	0.014%
Paraná	1,458	0.013%
Espírito Santo	1,016	0.027%
Goiás	927	0.013%
Pernambuco	724	0.008%
Pará	642	0.008%
Santa Catarina	583	0.008%
Mato Grosso do Sul	499	0.018%
Mato Grosso	462	0.013%
Alagoas	388	0.012%
Maranhão	349	0.005%
Paraíba	332	0.008%
Amazonas	324	0.008%
Rondônia	318	0.020%
Rio Grande do Norte	274	0.008%
Distrito Federal	261	0.009%
Ceará	223	0.003%
Sergipe	202	0.009%
Tocantins	152	0.010%
Piauí	139	0.004%
Amapá	56	0.008%
Acre	42	0.005%
Roraima	41	0.006%

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

About the name Ilza

According to the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, Ilza is probably of Germanic origin, from Elsa or Else, a diminutive of Elisabeth, which comes from the Hebrew Elischeba, "oath of God". The Morfemário of the same dictionary cites Guérios, for whom the name may have two origins: the Germanic Ilsa, "nymph, water sprite", or Else, a hypocoristic of Elisabete. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 23,989 people named Ilza, with a median age of 59. The name had the most records among those born in the 1960s; proportionally, it is most common in Espírito Santo, and it is almost always female. The dictionary records Ilsa, Hilza, Hilsa and Ylza as variants, and the element -ilza appears in Brazilian names such as Vanilza and Railza.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ilza · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ilza) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Ilza

What does the name Ilza mean?

Ilza means “origin uncertain: perhaps from Germanic Ilsa, "nymph, water sprite", or from Else, a short form of Elisabete, "oath of God"”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

How many people are named Ilza in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 23,989 people with the first name Ilza, which ranks it number 944 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Ilza is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 23,879 women and 110 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Ilza?

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

In which Brazilian state is Ilza most common?

Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.027% of the state's population is named Ilza (1,016 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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