Meaning of the nameLélia

Female
Latin origin
Lé-li-a

Lélia is a female name of Latin origin, coming from Laelia, the feminine form of Laelius, whose meaning is not known.

Meaning

The meaning of Lélia 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): 4,462
Rank in Brazil: #2,974
Median age: 57 years
2010 Census: 5,382; people

Lélia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Lélia, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (912 people).

4,446 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 Lélia is most common

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

Rio Grande do Sul 0.005%
Bahia 0.003%
Rio de Janeiro 0.003%
Espírito Santo 0.003%
Goiás 0.003%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	880	0.002%
Minas Gerais	549	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	522	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	510	0.005%
Bahia	474	0.003%
Goiás	199	0.003%
Maranhão	160	0.002%
Paraná	151	0.001%
Pará	143	0.002%
Espírito Santo	119	0.003%
Santa Catarina	118	0.002%
Distrito Federal	90	0.003%
Mato Grosso	65	0.002%
Pernambuco	57	0.001%
Piauí	56	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	55	0.002%
Ceará	54	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	54	0.002%
Amazonas	50	0.001%
Sergipe	34	0.002%
Tocantins	32	0.002%
Rondônia	26	0.002%
Paraíba	23	0.001%

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

About the name Lélia

Wiktionary, in its French entry, records Lélia as a female name from Latin Laelia. Behind the Name explains Laelia as the feminine form of Laelius, the name of a Roman family whose meaning is unknown; Laelia is also the name of a genus of orchids. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,462 people named Lélia, with a median age of 57; it is almost always a female name, and births peak in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

Wiktionary: Lélia · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Laelia · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Lélia

What does the name Lélia mean?

The meaning of Lélia 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 Lélia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,462 people with the first name Lélia, which ranks it number 2,974 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Lélia a boy's or a girl's name?

Lélia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 4,446 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Lélia?

Lélia is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Lélia most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.005% of the state's population is named Lélia (510 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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