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Meaning of the nameLordes

Lordes is a female name close to Lourdes, which points to the French town and to Our Lady of Lourdes.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,507 people named Lordes, the 6,247th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 63, and the largest group was born in the 1950s. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Meaning

The meaning of Lordes 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)
1,507
Rank in Brazil
#6,247
Median age
63 years
2010 Census
1,920
people

Lordes in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Lordes, 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 (455 people).

1,489 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 Lordes is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.003%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.002%
  3. Paraná 0.001%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  5. São Paulo 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio Grande do Sul2940.003%
São Paulo2080.001%
Santa Catarina1820.002%
Minas Gerais1610.001%
Paraná1590.001%
Pará730.001%
Goiás590.001%
Rio de Janeiro540.000%
Bahia510.000%
Espírito Santo490.001%
Mato Grosso470.001%
Ceará240.000%
Rondônia230.002%
Maranhão200.000%
Amazonas190.001%
Pernambuco160.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul160.001%

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

About the name Lordes

The name Lourdes, of which Lordes is a close spelling, comes from French Lourdes, the name of a French town, according to the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), which also lists the spelling Lurdes. Wiktionary explains that, in Portuguese, it is a shortening of Maria de Lourdes, referring to Our Lady of Lourdes, and that the town's name comes from Medieval Latin Lorus, of unknown meaning. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,507 people named Lordes, with a median age of 63.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Lurdes · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Lourdes · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Lordes

What does the name Lordes mean?

The meaning of Lordes 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 Lordes in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,507 people with the first name Lordes, which ranks it number 6,247 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Lordes is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,489 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Lordes?

Lordes is a name of French origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Lordes most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.003% of the state's population is named Lordes (294 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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