Meaning of the nameJanildo
- Male
- Ja-nil-do
Janildo is a Brazilian male name with the ending -ildo, of Germanic origin linked to "combat"; the meaning of the whole name is not known for certain.
Meaning
The meaning of Janildo 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)
- 1,926
- Rank in Brazil
- #5,242
- Median age
- 43 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,262
- people
Janildo in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Janildo, 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 (574 people).
0 women 1,922 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 Janildo is most common
States with the highest share of people named Janildo in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Paraíba 0.004%
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.004%
- Pará 0.003%
- Bahia 0.002%
- Pernambuco 0.002%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 253 | 0.002% |
| São Paulo | 216 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 201 | 0.003% |
| Paraíba | 168 | 0.004% |
| Pernambuco | 153 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 115 | 0.004% |
| Maranhão | 108 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 100 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 88 | 0.000% |
| Ceará | 87 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 75 | 0.002% |
| Goiás | 54 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 43 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 42 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 34 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 30 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 23 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 20 | 0.000% |
| Distrito Federal | 19 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 16 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 15 | 0.001% |
| Acre | 15 | 0.002% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Janildo
The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records -ildo (and -nildo) as a masculine formative from the Germanic hild/hilde, "combat", found in Hildo, Leonildo, Amarildo and Evanildo. The origin of the beginning Jani- is uncertain, and so the meaning of Janildo as a whole is not known for certain. It is almost always a male name, for people born mostly in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,926 people named Janildo, with a median age of 43. Proportionally, it is most common in Paraíba.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Janildo
What does the name Janildo mean?
The meaning of Janildo 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 Janildo in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,926 people with the first name Janildo, which ranks it number 5,242 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Janildo a boy's or a girl's name?
Janildo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,922 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Janildo most common?
Proportionally, in Paraíba: 0.004% of the state's population is named Janildo (168 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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