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Meaning of the nameNilcilene

Nilcilene is a Brazilian feminine name ending in -lene, and most of the people recorded were born between 1960 and 1989.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,765 people named Nilcilene, the 5,578th 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 Amazonas.

Meaning

The meaning of Nilcilene 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)
1,765
Rank in Brazil
#5,578
Median age
39 years
2010 Census
2,036
people

Nilcilene in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Nilcilene, 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 (624 people).

1,756 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 Nilcilene is most common

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

  1. Amazonas 0.005%
  2. Maranhão 0.005%
  3. Pará 0.004%
  4. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
  5. Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pará3520.004%
Maranhão3120.005%
Amazonas1930.005%
Rio de Janeiro1820.001%
Minas Gerais1480.001%
São Paulo1110.000%
Espírito Santo540.001%
Bahia470.000%
Goiás390.001%
Rondônia350.002%
Acre350.004%
Ceará320.000%
Paraná270.000%
Mato Grosso270.001%
Amapá260.004%
Piauí230.001%
Santa Catarina200.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul200.001%
Distrito Federal150.001%

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

About the name Nilcilene

The origin of Nilcilene is uncertain. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records -lene as an element probably coming from French -enne or from names such as Irene and Marlene. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,765 people named Nilcilene, with a median age of 39. Proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Nilcilene

What does the name Nilcilene mean?

The meaning of Nilcilene 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 Nilcilene in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,765 people with the first name Nilcilene, which ranks it number 5,578 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Nilcilene is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,756 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Nilcilene most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.005% of the state's population is named Nilcilene (193 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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