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Meaning of the nameRosenilde

Rosenilde is a Brazilian feminine name that begins with Rose- and ends in -ilde, most frequent among people born in the 1970s.

Meaning

The meaning of Rosenilde is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
4,552
Rank in Brazil
#2,930
Median age
45 years
2010 Census
5,064
people

Rosenilde in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Rosenilde, 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 (1,712 people).

4,525 women 27 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 Rosenilde is most common

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

  1. Maranhão 0.022%
  2. Sergipe 0.018%
  3. Pará 0.004%
  4. Bahia 0.004%
  5. Amazonas 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Maranhão1,4970.022%
Bahia5070.004%
São Paulo4250.001%
Sergipe3870.018%
Pará3600.004%
Santa Catarina1390.002%
Goiás1340.002%
Paraná1310.001%
Minas Gerais1200.001%
Amazonas1060.003%
Rio de Janeiro980.001%
Piauí970.003%
Tocantins870.006%
Distrito Federal790.003%
Mato Grosso680.002%
Rio Grande do Norte510.002%
Rio Grande do Sul410.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul320.001%
Rondônia250.002%
Roraima240.004%
Ceará230.000%
Alagoas220.001%
Acre210.003%
Amapá210.003%
Pernambuco200.000%
Paraíba190.001%
Espírito Santo180.001%

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

About the name Rosenilde

The origin of the whole name is uncertain, but two of its elements appear in the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil). It presents Rose- as a formative taken from given names such as Rosa and Rose, linked to the Latin rosae, 'rose', and gives the ending -ilde a Germanic origin, hild/hilde, 'battle'. The meaning of Rosenilde as a whole is not documented. In the 2022 Census, the name is almost always female, and IBGE recorded 4,552 people named Rosenilde, with a median age of 45. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Rosenilde

What does the name Rosenilde mean?

The meaning of Rosenilde is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Rosenilde in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,552 people with the first name Rosenilde, which ranks it number 2,930 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Rosenilde is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 4,525 women and 27 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Rosenilde most common?

Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.022% of the state's population is named Rosenilde (1,497 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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