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Meaning of the nameLucenildo

Lucenildo is a Brazilian masculine name formed with the element -nildo, of Germanic origin, and a beginning close to Luc-/Luci-.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,380 people named Lucenildo, the 6,639th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 39, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

Meaning

The meaning of Lucenildo 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)
1,380
Rank in Brazil
#6,639
Median age
39 years
2010 Census
1,509
people

Lucenildo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Lucenildo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (474 people).

0 women 1,372 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 Lucenildo is most common

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

  1. Pará 0.004%
  2. Paraíba 0.004%
  3. Amazonas 0.003%
  4. Pernambuco 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pará3280.004%
Pernambuco1940.002%
Paraíba1500.004%
Amazonas1160.003%
São Paulo910.000%
Maranhão910.001%
Rio Grande do Norte810.003%
Bahia590.000%
Ceará490.001%
Rio de Janeiro300.000%
Mato Grosso250.001%
Alagoas240.001%
Goiás210.000%
Minas Gerais200.000%
Amapá200.003%
Acre160.002%

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

About the name Lucenildo

The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records -ildo/-nildo as a formative of Germanic origin (hild/hilde, 'combat'), present in names such as Edenildo and Evanildo. The beginning is close to the element Luc-/Luci-, probably taken from Lúcia and Lúcio, which appears in Lucildo and Lucivaldo. The meaning of Lucenildo as a whole is not documented. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,380 people named Lucenildo, almost always men, and almost all were born between the 1960s and the 2000s.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Lucenildo

What does the name Lucenildo mean?

The meaning of Lucenildo 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 Lucenildo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,380 people with the first name Lucenildo, which ranks it number 6,639 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Lucenildo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,372 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Lucenildo most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.004% of the state's population is named Lucenildo (328 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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