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Meaning of the nameJaildo

Jaildo is a Brazilian male name ending in -ildo, of uncertain origin and with no known meaning.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,802 people named Jaildo, the 5,507th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 45, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Meaning

The meaning of Jaildo 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)
1,802
Rank in Brazil
#5,507
Median age
45 years
2010 Census
2,058
people

Jaildo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jaildo, 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 (585 people).

0 women 1,794 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 Jaildo is most common

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

  1. Bahia 0.003%
  2. Paraíba 0.003%
  3. Pernambuco 0.003%
  4. Maranhão 0.002%
  5. São Paulo 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia4610.003%
Pernambuco2610.003%
São Paulo2590.001%
Paraíba1180.003%
Maranhão1030.002%
Alagoas630.002%
Rio de Janeiro600.000%
Pará570.001%
Rio Grande do Norte550.002%
Minas Gerais500.000%
Goiás430.001%
Espírito Santo360.001%
Sergipe320.001%
Ceará300.000%
Distrito Federal280.001%
Mato Grosso240.001%
Santa Catarina200.000%
Piauí190.001%
Amazonas160.000%
Paraná150.000%

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

About the name Jaildo

The origin of Jaildo is uncertain. The ending -ildo appears in Brazilian male names and, according to the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), comes from Germanic hild, 'battle', in traditional names such as Leonildo; the meaning of Jaildo, however, is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,802 people named Jaildo, almost always men; the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Jaildo

What does the name Jaildo mean?

The meaning of Jaildo 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 Jaildo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,802 people with the first name Jaildo, which ranks it number 5,507 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Jaildo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,794 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Jaildo most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.003% of the state's population is named Jaildo (461 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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