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Meaning of the namePalmira

Palmira is a female name that Behind the Name gives as the feminine form of Palmiro, 'pilgrim'; Wiktionary links it to the ancient city of Palmyra.

Meaning

“feminine form of Palmiro, 'pilgrim'”

Source: Behind the Name: Palmira · Behind the Name: Palmiro

People (2022)
7,199
Rank in Brazil
#2,129
Median age
71 years
2010 Census
11,469
people

Palmira in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Palmira, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1940s (1,869 people).

7,160 women 39 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 Palmira is most common

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

  1. Paraná 0.006%
  2. São Paulo 0.005%
  3. Bahia 0.005%
  4. Santa Catarina 0.004%
  5. Rio de Janeiro 0.004%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo2,2660.005%
Minas Gerais7210.004%
Paraná7170.006%
Rio de Janeiro6660.004%
Bahia6550.005%
Rio Grande do Sul3460.003%
Santa Catarina3370.004%
Pará1940.002%
Goiás1910.003%
Espírito Santo1510.004%
Pernambuco1420.002%
Rio Grande do Norte1010.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul940.003%
Paraíba930.002%
Amazonas930.002%
Mato Grosso930.003%
Rondônia650.004%
Alagoas590.002%
Distrito Federal510.002%
Sergipe360.002%
Ceará250.000%
Maranhão240.000%
Piauí200.001%
Tocantins200.001%
Amapá170.002%

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

About the name Palmira

According to Behind the Name, Palmira is the feminine form of Palmiro, an Italian name meaning 'pilgrim' that comes from palma, 'palm tree', from the palm leaves that pilgrims brought back from the Holy Land. Wiktionary gives another origin: a borrowing from Latin Palmȳra, from Ancient Greek Παλμύρα, the name of the ancient city in Syria, of uncertain origin. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) also includes Palmira among the names with the element -mira, which it links to Germanic mir, 'famous, illustrious'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 7,199 people named Palmira, with a median age of 71.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Palmira

What does the name Palmira mean?

Palmira means “feminine form of Palmiro, 'pilgrim'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Palmira in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 7,199 people with the first name Palmira, which ranks it number 2,129 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1940s.

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

Palmira is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 7,160 women and 39 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Palmira?

Palmira is a name of Italian and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Palmira most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.006% of the state's population is named Palmira (717 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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