Meaning of the nameIvanilda

Ivanilda is a Brazilian female name formed from Ivan-, from the Russian Ivan, which corresponds to João, and the Germanic formative -ilda, with no documented meaning as a whole.

Meaning

The meaning of Ivanilda 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): 33,008
Rank in Brazil: #766
Median age: 51 years
2010 Census: 35,851; people

Ivanilda in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ivanilda, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (10,166 people).

32,835 women 173 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 Ivanilda is most common

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

Paraíba 0.049%
Pernambuco 0.046%
Alagoas 0.044%
Rio Grande do Norte 0.031%
Rondônia 0.025%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	6,419	0.015%
Pernambuco	4,198	0.046%
Bahia	2,649	0.019%
Minas Gerais	2,619	0.013%
Rio de Janeiro	2,042	0.013%
Paraíba	1,938	0.049%
Paraná	1,719	0.015%
Alagoas	1,371	0.044%
Pará	1,323	0.016%
Ceará	1,185	0.014%
Goiás	1,142	0.016%
Rio Grande do Norte	1,027	0.031%
Espírito Santo	832	0.022%
Santa Catarina	713	0.009%
Mato Grosso	553	0.015%
Rio Grande do Sul	495	0.005%
Piauí	455	0.014%
Mato Grosso do Sul	394	0.014%
Rondônia	394	0.025%
Maranhão	368	0.005%
Amazonas	355	0.009%
Distrito Federal	300	0.011%
Sergipe	180	0.008%
Amapá	135	0.018%
Tocantins	103	0.007%
Roraima	61	0.010%
Acre	38	0.005%

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

About the name Ivanilda

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) analyzes Ivanilda as Ivan- + -ilda. According to the same dictionary, Ivan is the Russian form corresponding to João, from the Greek Ioánnes. The formative -ilda comes from the Germanic hild or hilde, 'combat', according to the Morfemário, which cites Ivanilda, Ivanilde and Ivanildes among the Brazilian names with this ending. The meaning of the name as a whole is not documented. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 33,008 people named Ivanilda, with a median age of 51; proportionally, the name is most common in Paraíba.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ivanilda · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ILDA) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ivan · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Behind the Name: Ivan · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Ivanilda

What does the name Ivanilda mean?

The meaning of Ivanilda 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 Ivanilda in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 33,008 people with the first name Ivanilda, which ranks it number 766 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Ivanilda is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 32,835 women and 173 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Ivanilda?

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

In which Brazilian state is Ivanilda most common?

Proportionally, in Paraíba: 0.049% of the state's population is named Ivanilda (1,938 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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