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Meaning of the nameNilda

Nilda is a feminine name of Germanic origin, a short form of names ending in -hilda, such as Brunilda and Leonilda.

Meaning

“short form of Germanic names in -hilda, such as Brunilda and Leonilda; hild, 'battle'”

Source: Wiktionary: Nilda · Behind the Name: Nilda

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People (2022)
37,316
Rank in Brazil
#707
Median age
59 years
2010 Census
44,455
people

Nilda in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Nilda, 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 (10,628 people).

37,152 women 164 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 Nilda is most common

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

  1. Minas Gerais 0.030%
  2. Espírito Santo 0.029%
  3. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.029%
  4. Rondônia 0.029%
  5. Goiás 0.028%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo6,9250.016%
Minas Gerais6,1870.030%
Rio de Janeiro4,0520.025%
Bahia3,2520.023%
Rio Grande do Sul2,4140.022%
Paraná2,1570.019%
Goiás1,9550.028%
Santa Catarina1,2330.016%
Pará1,2230.015%
Espírito Santo1,1220.029%
Mato Grosso do Sul7880.029%
Pernambuco7680.009%
Mato Grosso6950.019%
Ceará6600.008%
Amazonas6020.015%
Distrito Federal4710.017%
Rondônia4500.029%
Alagoas4400.014%
Maranhão4300.006%
Rio Grande do Norte3350.010%
Paraíba2840.007%
Piauí2310.007%
Sergipe1800.008%
Tocantins1630.011%
Acre1420.017%
Amapá960.013%
Roraima610.010%

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

About the name Nilda

Behind the Name gives Nilda as a reduced form of Brunilda or Leonilda. Wiktionary, in its Spanish entry, describes it as a short form of Germanic names whose first element ends in -n and whose second element is hild, 'battle'. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Nilda among the traditional names with -ilda, from Germanic hild, 'battle'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 37,316 people named Nilda, with a median age of 59; the name is almost always female, most of the people recorded were born in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and proportionally it is most common in Minas Gerais.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Nilda · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Nilda · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ilda) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Nilda · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Nilda

What does the name Nilda mean?

Nilda means “short form of Germanic names in -hilda, such as Brunilda and Leonilda; hild, 'battle'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Nilda in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 37,316 people with the first name Nilda, which ranks it number 707 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Nilda is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 37,152 women and 164 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Nilda?

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

In which Brazilian state is Nilda most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.030% of the state's population is named Nilda (6,187 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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