Meaning of the nameMarildes

Female
Germanic origin
Ma-ril-des

Marildes is a Brazilian feminine name that begins with Mari-, a short form linked to Maria, and ends with -ildes, an element of Germanic origin.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,026 people named Marildes, the 8,143rd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 57, and the largest group was born in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Meaning

The meaning of Marildes 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): 1,026
Rank in Brazil: #8,143
Median age: 57 years
2010 Census: 1,094; people

Marildes in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Marildes, 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 (336 people).

1,019 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 Marildes is most common

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

Bahia 0.001%
Minas Gerais 0.001%
São Paulo 0.000%

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	182	0.001%
Bahia	167	0.001%
São Paulo	129	0.000%
Mato Grosso	86	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	56	0.001%
Santa Catarina	53	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	46	0.000%
Paraná	41	0.000%
Goiás	38	0.001%
Espírito Santo	38	0.001%
Maranhão	28	0.000%
Amazonas	25	0.001%
Pará	24	0.000%
Distrito Federal	20	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	17	0.001%
Piauí	16	0.001%

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

About the name Marildes

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes Mari- as a probable fragment of names such as Maria, Mariana and Marina, and places -ildes in the -ilda/-ilde group, from Germanic hild/hilde, 'combat'. For the similar name Marilda, the dictionary cites Machado (1981): a contraction of Maria and Ilda. The meaning of Marildes is not documented. It is an almost always female name, and the great majority of people were born in the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,026 people named Marildes, with a median age of 57.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Mari-, -ILDA/-ILDES) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Marilda · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Marildes

What does the name Marildes mean?

The meaning of Marildes 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 Marildes in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,026 people with the first name Marildes, which ranks it number 8,143 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Marildes is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,019 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Marildes?

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

In which Brazilian state is Marildes most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.001% of the state's population is named Marildes (167 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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