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Meaning of the nameIlze

Ilze is a female name that, in Latvian, is a variant of Elizabeth, from Hebrew Elisheva, 'my God is an oath'.

Meaning

“Latvian variant of Elizabeth, 'my God is an oath'”

Source: Wiktionary: Ilze · Wiktionary: Elizabeth

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People (2022)
1,180
Rank in Brazil
#7,397
Median age
59 years
2010 Census
1,375
people

Ilze in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ilze, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (278 people).

1,171 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 Ilze is most common

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

  1. Santa Catarina 0.002%
  2. Paraná 0.002%
  3. Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
  4. São Paulo 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo2890.001%
Paraná1690.002%
Santa Catarina1610.002%
Rio Grande do Sul1020.001%
Bahia780.001%
Rio de Janeiro590.000%
Pará460.001%
Minas Gerais400.000%
Pernambuco330.000%
Amazonas300.001%
Maranhão270.000%
Goiás190.000%
Mato Grosso180.001%
Rio Grande do Norte160.001%

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

About the name Ilze

Wiktionary records Ilze as a Latvian female name, a variant of Elizabeth and related to the German Ilse. Elizabeth comes from Hebrew Elisheva, glossed as 'my God is an oath'; the meaning cited is that of the base name. Behind the Name describes Ilse as a German and Dutch diminutive of Elisabeth and lists Ilze among the Latvian forms of the same family. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records the ending -ilze alongside Elza and Ilza, 'probably' from Germanic Elsa/Else, a diminutive of Elisabeth. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,180 people named Ilze, with a median age of 59. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Ilze · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Elizabeth · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Ilse · behindthename.com · origin
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Ilze

What does the name Ilze mean?

Ilze means “Latvian variant of Elizabeth, 'my God is an oath'”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Ilze in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,180 people with the first name Ilze, which ranks it number 7,397 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Ilze is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,171 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Ilze?

Ilze is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Ilze most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.002% of the state's population is named Ilze (161 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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