Meaning of the nameRosenildo

Rosenildo is a Brazilian male name formed from Rose-, from Latin 'rosa', and the formative -nildo, of Germanic origin linked to 'battle'.

Meaning

The meaning of Rosenildo 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): 7,562
Rank in Brazil: #2,060
Median age: 42 years
2010 Census: 8,499; people

Rosenildo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Rosenildo, 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 (2,573 people).

38 women 7,524 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 Rosenildo is most common

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

Pará 0.014%
Paraíba 0.012%
Pernambuco 0.010%
Alagoas 0.010%
Rio Grande do Norte 0.009%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	1,155	0.008%
Pará	1,153	0.014%
Pernambuco	883	0.010%
São Paulo	824	0.002%
Paraíba	479	0.012%
Amazonas	342	0.009%
Alagoas	301	0.010%
Rio de Janeiro	296	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	294	0.009%
Paraná	282	0.003%
Minas Gerais	183	0.001%
Mato Grosso	150	0.004%
Espírito Santo	142	0.004%
Santa Catarina	135	0.002%
Maranhão	129	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	128	0.005%
Goiás	118	0.002%
Ceará	103	0.001%
Amapá	89	0.012%
Rondônia	83	0.005%
Sergipe	72	0.003%
Acre	63	0.008%
Distrito Federal	46	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	41	0.000%
Piauí	35	0.001%
Roraima	24	0.004%

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

About the name Rosenildo

The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Rosenildo among the Brazilian names with the element Rose-, from Latin rosae, 'rose'. In the same work, the male formative -ildo/-nildo comes from Germanic hild, 'battle'. No source gives a single meaning for the whole name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 7,562 people named Rosenildo, with a median age of 42. The name is almost always male, and most of the people were born in the 1970s and 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Rose-, -ildo) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Rosenildo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Rosenildo

What does the name Rosenildo mean?

The meaning of Rosenildo 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 Rosenildo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 7,562 people with the first name Rosenildo, which ranks it number 2,060 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Rosenildo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 38 women and 7,524 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Rosenildo?

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

In which Brazilian state is Rosenildo most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.014% of the state's population is named Rosenildo (1,153 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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