Meaning of the nameLeonilde

Female
Germanic origin
Le-o-nil-de

Leonilde is a female name that ends in the Germanic element -ilde, 'combat', also found in Leonilda.

Meaning

The meaning of Leonilde 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): 3,109
Rank in Brazil: #3,789
Median age: 60 years
2010 Census: 3,655; people

Leonilde in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Leonilde, 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 (705 people).

2,942 women 167 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 Leonilde is most common

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

Maranhão 0.007%
Paraná 0.003%
Pará 0.003%
Santa Catarina 0.003%
São Paulo 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	864	0.002%
Maranhão	476	0.007%
Paraná	342	0.003%
Pará	234	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	209	0.002%
Santa Catarina	202	0.003%
Bahia	86	0.001%
Minas Gerais	81	0.000%
Ceará	71	0.001%
Goiás	69	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	62	0.000%
Mato Grosso	54	0.002%
Amazonas	53	0.001%
Piauí	43	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	32	0.001%
Tocantins	31	0.002%
Roraima	27	0.004%
Pernambuco	25	0.000%
Paraíba	25	0.001%
Rondônia	23	0.002%
Distrito Federal	22	0.001%
Amapá	21	0.003%

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

About the name Leonilde

The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records -ilda, -ilde and -ildes as elements of Germanic origin hild, 'combat'. Behind the Name explains Leonilda, a name used in Italian and Portuguese, as lewo, 'lion', plus hilt, 'battle', and Wiktionary records Leonilde as a female name in Italian. The meaning of Leonilde as a whole name is not known for certain. Most of the people were born in the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and the name is almost always female. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,109 people named Leonilde, with a median age of 60. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.

Sources

Morfemário do Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Behind the Name: Leonilda · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Leonilde · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Leonilde

What does the name Leonilde mean?

The meaning of Leonilde 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 Leonilde in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,109 people with the first name Leonilde, which ranks it number 3,789 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Leonilde is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,942 women and 167 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Leonilde?

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

In which Brazilian state is Leonilde most common?

Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.007% of the state's population is named Leonilde (476 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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