Meaning of the nameJosenildo
- Male
- Jo-se-nil-do
Josenildo is a Brazilian male name formed from Jose- and -nildo, in the same pattern as Josenilda; the meaning of the whole is not known for certain.
Meaning
The meaning of Josenildo 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)
- 29,983
- Rank in Brazil
- #824
- Median age
- 42 years
- 2010 Census
- 33,713
- people
Josenildo in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Josenildo, 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 (9,784 people).
106 women 29,877 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 Josenildo is most common
States with the highest share of people named Josenildo in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Paraíba 0.107%
- Pernambuco 0.078%
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.072%
- Alagoas 0.064%
- Bahia 0.025%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Pernambuco | 7,050 | 0.078% |
| Paraíba | 4,239 | 0.107% |
| Bahia | 3,494 | 0.025% |
| São Paulo | 3,450 | 0.008% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 2,378 | 0.072% |
| Alagoas | 2,008 | 0.064% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 1,279 | 0.008% |
| Maranhão | 1,185 | 0.018% |
| Pará | 947 | 0.012% |
| Ceará | 554 | 0.006% |
| Goiás | 435 | 0.006% |
| Amazonas | 373 | 0.010% |
| Minas Gerais | 360 | 0.002% |
| Espírito Santo | 353 | 0.009% |
| Piauí | 292 | 0.009% |
| Mato Grosso | 273 | 0.008% |
| Sergipe | 264 | 0.012% |
| Distrito Federal | 202 | 0.007% |
| Paraná | 177 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 162 | 0.002% |
| Amapá | 105 | 0.014% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 97 | 0.004% |
| Rondônia | 90 | 0.006% |
| Tocantins | 80 | 0.005% |
| Roraima | 56 | 0.009% |
| Acre | 44 | 0.005% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 36 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Josenildo
Josenildo follows a common pattern in Brazilian names: the beginning Jose-, as in José, plus the ending -nildo. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) analyzes the feminine Josenilda as Jose- + -nilda and, in the Morfemário, links -ildo/-nildo to Germanic hild, 'battle', noting that -ildo perhaps derives from -gildo. The full name has no documented meaning of its own. It is almost always male, and most of those recorded were born in the 1970s and 1980s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 29,983 people named Josenildo, with a median age of 42; proportionally, it is most common in Paraíba.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Josenilda · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Josenildo
What does the name Josenildo mean?
The meaning of Josenildo 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 Josenildo in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 29,983 people with the first name Josenildo, which ranks it number 824 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Josenildo a boy's or a girl's name?
Josenildo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 106 women and 29,877 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Josenildo most common?
Proportionally, in Paraíba: 0.107% of the state's population is named Josenildo (4,239 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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