Meaning of the nameMarilda

Marilda is a feminine name formed by the contraction of Maria and Ilda, according to the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil; the meaning of Maria is uncertain.

Meaning

The meaning of Marilda 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): 45,762
Rank in Brazil: #601
Median age: 57 years
2010 Census: 50,869; people

Marilda in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Marilda, 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 (16,315 people).

45,584 women 178 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 Marilda is most common

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

Paraná 0.051%
Minas Gerais 0.039%
Santa Catarina 0.036%
Rio de Janeiro 0.033%
Goiás 0.032%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	11,101	0.025%
Minas Gerais	8,086	0.039%
Paraná	5,806	0.051%
Rio de Janeiro	5,234	0.033%
Santa Catarina	2,728	0.036%
Goiás	2,220	0.032%
Rio Grande do Sul	2,175	0.020%
Bahia	1,480	0.011%
Pará	1,318	0.016%
Espírito Santo	973	0.025%
Mato Grosso do Sul	785	0.029%
Amazonas	594	0.015%
Mato Grosso	579	0.016%
Distrito Federal	485	0.017%
Maranhão	411	0.006%
Rondônia	264	0.017%
Pernambuco	234	0.003%
Rio Grande do Norte	207	0.006%
Tocantins	198	0.013%
Alagoas	151	0.005%
Ceará	142	0.002%
Piauí	138	0.004%
Amapá	105	0.014%
Paraíba	101	0.003%
Sergipe	95	0.004%
Acre	95	0.011%
Roraima	57	0.009%

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

About the name Marilda

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado (1981), defines Marilda as a contraction of Maria and Ilda, with the formation Mar- + -ilda. For Ilda, the same dictionary, also according to Machado, gives an origin in Germanic hild-, 'combat'. Maria comes, through Latin and Greek, from Hebrew מִרְיָם (Miryam), whose meaning is not known for certain, according to Behind the Name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 45,762 people named Marilda, peaking among those born in the 1960s; proportionally, the name is most common in Paraná.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Marilda · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ilda · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Behind the Name: Maria · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Mary · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Marilda

What does the name Marilda mean?

The meaning of Marilda 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 Marilda in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 45,762 people with the first name Marilda, which ranks it number 601 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Marilda is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 45,584 women and 178 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Marilda?

Marilda is a name of Hebrew and Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Marilda most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.051% of the state's population is named Marilda (5,806 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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