Meaning of the nameReinalda
- Female
- Rei-nal-da
Reinalda is a female name that begins like the male name Reinaldo and ends in -alda, an element that the Morfemário gives as of uncertain origin.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,037 people named Reinalda, the 8,078th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 51, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Meaning
The meaning of Reinalda 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)
- 1,037
- Rank in Brazil
- #8,078
- Median age
- 51 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,221
- people
Reinalda in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Reinalda, 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 (280 people).
1,020 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 Reinalda is most common
States with the highest share of people named Reinalda in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.001%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.000%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 199 | 0.001% |
| São Paulo | 180 | 0.000% |
| Minas Gerais | 134 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 85 | 0.003% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 51 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 49 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 43 | 0.000% |
| Pará | 38 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 31 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 26 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 25 | 0.000% |
| Pernambuco | 24 | 0.000% |
| Santa Catarina | 24 | 0.000% |
| Piauí | 20 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 16 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Reinalda
The origin of the name Reinalda is uncertain, and its meaning is not known for certain. The name has the same beginning as the male name Reinaldo, whose origin Wiktionary gives as Latin Reginaldus, a Latinized form of Germanic names, but the direct link between the two is not documented. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records -alda as of uncertain origin, probably the feminine of -aldo, -baldo, -naldo and -valdo. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,037 people named Reinalda, with a median age of 51. The name is almost always female, born mostly between the 1950s and 1980s, and proportionally most common in Bahia.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Reinaldo · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-alda) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Reinalda
What does the name Reinalda mean?
The meaning of Reinalda 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 Reinalda in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,037 people with the first name Reinalda, which ranks it number 8,078 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Reinalda a boy's or a girl's name?
Reinalda is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,020 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Reinalda most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.001% of the state's population is named Reinalda (199 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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