Meaning of the nameNilberto
- Male
- Nil-ber-to
Nilberto is a Brazilian male name that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) analyzes as Nil + -berto, with an ending of Germanic origin.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,066 people named Nilberto, the 7,923rd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 48, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pernambuco.
Meaning
The meaning of Nilberto 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)
- 1,066
- Rank in Brazil
- #7,923
- Median age
- 48 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,180
- people
Nilberto in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Nilberto, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (259 people).
0 women 1,062 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 Nilberto is most common
States with the highest share of people named Nilberto in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Pernambuco 0.001%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.000%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 167 | 0.000% |
| Minas Gerais | 107 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 102 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 92 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 87 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 83 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 52 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 51 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 48 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 32 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 29 | 0.000% |
| Distrito Federal | 29 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 27 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 25 | 0.000% |
| Paraná | 23 | 0.000% |
| Maranhão | 20 | 0.000% |
| Tocantins | 17 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Nilberto
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil analyzes Nilberto as Nil + -berto. The element -berto comes from Germanic berth, "bright, illustrious", and appears in Alberto, Gilberto and Roberto; the origin of the beginning Nil is uncertain. The meaning of the name as a whole is therefore not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,066 people named Nilberto, with a median age of 48; it is almost always a male name, and most of the people were born in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Nilberto · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Nilberto
What does the name Nilberto mean?
The meaning of Nilberto 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 Nilberto in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,066 people with the first name Nilberto, which ranks it number 7,923 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Nilberto a boy's or a girl's name?
Nilberto is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,062 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Nilberto most common?
Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.001% of the state's population is named Nilberto (102 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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