Meaning of the nameLindalva
- Female
- Lin-dal-va
Lindalva is a Brazilian feminine name that begins with Lind- and ends in -alva, an ending that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil links to Dalva and Marialva.
Meaning
The meaning of Lindalva 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)
- 36,482
- Rank in Brazil
- #715
- Median age
- 59 years
- 2010 Census
- 43,064
- people
Lindalva in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Lindalva, 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 (10,287 people).
36,299 women 183 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 Lindalva is most common
States with the highest share of people named Lindalva in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Pernambuco 0.060%
- Paraíba 0.059%
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.045%
- Maranhão 0.043%
- Pará 0.035%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Pernambuco | 5,452 | 0.060% |
| São Paulo | 5,057 | 0.011% |
| Maranhão | 2,899 | 0.043% |
| Pará | 2,871 | 0.035% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 2,813 | 0.018% |
| Paraíba | 2,343 | 0.059% |
| Minas Gerais | 1,914 | 0.009% |
| Ceará | 1,661 | 0.019% |
| Bahia | 1,550 | 0.011% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 1,492 | 0.045% |
| Goiás | 1,332 | 0.019% |
| Piauí | 1,060 | 0.032% |
| Amazonas | 990 | 0.025% |
| Paraná | 783 | 0.007% |
| Mato Grosso | 689 | 0.019% |
| Distrito Federal | 583 | 0.021% |
| Alagoas | 494 | 0.016% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 456 | 0.017% |
| Tocantins | 418 | 0.028% |
| Rondônia | 314 | 0.020% |
| Espírito Santo | 267 | 0.007% |
| Santa Catarina | 266 | 0.004% |
| Amapá | 215 | 0.029% |
| Roraima | 179 | 0.028% |
| Sergipe | 163 | 0.007% |
| Acre | 123 | 0.015% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 98 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Lindalva
The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes Lind- as an element that may come from Germanic lint, 'protector', from a Portuguese adjective, or from other names, such as Lindaura. The ending -alva, according to the same source, comes perhaps from Latin alba, the feminine of albus, 'white, bright', and has traditional names such as Alva, Dalva and Marialva as models. The origin of Lindalva as a whole is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 36,482 people named Lindalva, with a median age of 59; the name is almost always female, most of the people recorded were born in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and proportionally it is most common in Pernambuco.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Lindalva · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Wikcionário: Lindalva · pt.wiktionary.org · spelling
Questions about the name Lindalva
What does the name Lindalva mean?
The meaning of Lindalva 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 Lindalva in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 36,482 people with the first name Lindalva, which ranks it number 715 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Lindalva a boy's or a girl's name?
Lindalva is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 36,299 women and 183 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Lindalva most common?
Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.060% of the state's population is named Lindalva (5,452 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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