Meaning of the nameSilmara
- Female
- Sil-ma-ra
Silmara is a Brazilian female name ending in -mara, an ending for which the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil points to three possible origins.
Meaning
The meaning of Silmara 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)
- 41,219
- Rank in Brazil
- #652
- Median age
- 40 years
- 2010 Census
- 45,122
- people
Silmara in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Silmara, 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 (12,457 people).
41,103 women 116 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 Silmara is most common
States with the highest share of people named Silmara in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Paraná 0.060%
- São Paulo 0.037%
- Santa Catarina 0.027%
- Maranhão 0.022%
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.021%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 16,255 | 0.037% |
| Paraná | 6,812 | 0.060% |
| Minas Gerais | 3,069 | 0.015% |
| Santa Catarina | 2,050 | 0.027% |
| Bahia | 1,874 | 0.013% |
| Maranhão | 1,476 | 0.022% |
| Pará | 1,246 | 0.015% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 828 | 0.005% |
| Pernambuco | 824 | 0.009% |
| Mato Grosso | 694 | 0.019% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 686 | 0.006% |
| Ceará | 579 | 0.007% |
| Amazonas | 575 | 0.015% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 573 | 0.021% |
| Paraíba | 520 | 0.013% |
| Goiás | 495 | 0.007% |
| Piauí | 429 | 0.013% |
| Alagoas | 393 | 0.013% |
| Espírito Santo | 332 | 0.009% |
| Rondônia | 300 | 0.019% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 288 | 0.009% |
| Distrito Federal | 223 | 0.008% |
| Sergipe | 222 | 0.010% |
| Tocantins | 166 | 0.011% |
| Amapá | 139 | 0.019% |
| Acre | 107 | 0.013% |
| Roraima | 64 | 0.010% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Silmara
The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists the ending -mara in names such as Gilmara, Lucimara and Vilmara and points to three origins that may converge: an affectionate form of Maria, the Hebrew marah, 'bitterness', or the Tupi marã, 'bad'. The origin of the beginning Sil- is uncertain, and so the meaning of the whole name is too. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 41,219 people named Silmara, with a median age of 40. Most were born in the 1970s and 1980s, the name is almost always female and, proportionally, it is most common in Paraná.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-mara) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Silmara
What does the name Silmara mean?
The meaning of Silmara 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 Silmara in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 41,219 people with the first name Silmara, which ranks it number 652 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Silmara a boy's or a girl's name?
Silmara is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 41,103 women and 116 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Silmara most common?
Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.060% of the state's population is named Silmara (6,812 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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