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Meaning of the nameLeonilda

Leonilda is a feminine name of Germanic origin, formed from elements meaning 'lion' and 'battle'.

Meaning

“'lion' and 'battle'”

Source: Behind the Name: Leonilda

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People (2022)
18,339
Rank in Brazil
#1,124
Median age
63 years
2010 Census
23,020
people

Leonilda in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Leonilda, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (4,533 people).

18,243 women 96 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 Leonilda is most common

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

  1. Paraná 0.036%
  2. Rio Grande do Sul 0.019%
  3. Santa Catarina 0.019%
  4. São Paulo 0.014%
  5. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.012%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo6,1010.014%
Paraná4,1660.036%
Rio Grande do Sul2,1150.019%
Santa Catarina1,4330.019%
Minas Gerais6660.003%
Pernambuco5610.006%
Mato Grosso3360.009%
Mato Grosso do Sul3270.012%
Paraíba2830.007%
Bahia2670.002%
Pará2600.003%
Goiás2350.003%
Rio de Janeiro2140.001%
Maranhão1860.003%
Espírito Santo1810.005%
Rondônia1810.011%
Ceará1640.002%
Alagoas1530.005%
Amazonas1260.003%
Piauí800.002%
Rio Grande do Norte800.002%
Distrito Federal610.002%
Tocantins510.003%
Acre330.004%
Sergipe320.001%
Amapá280.004%
Roraima190.003%

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

About the name Leonilda

Behind the Name explains Leonilda as a Germanic name formed from lewo, 'lion', a word that Germanic took from Latin, and hilt, 'battle', and records it in use in Italian and Portuguese. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil gives the formation Leo- + -nilda, and the Morfemário of the same project places Leonilda among the traditional names with the ending -ilda, from Germanic hild, 'combat'. Nilda appears in Behind the Name as a Portuguese diminutive of Leonilda. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 18,339 people named Leonilda, with a median age of 63. The name is almost always female and, proportionally, it is most common in Paraná.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Leonilda · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Leonilda · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: morfemário (-ilda) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Leonilda

What does the name Leonilda mean?

Leonilda means “'lion' and 'battle'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Leonilda in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 18,339 people with the first name Leonilda, which ranks it number 1,124 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Leonilda is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 18,243 women and 96 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Leonilda?

Leonilda is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Leonilda most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.036% of the state's population is named Leonilda (4,166 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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