Meaning of the nameVanilde
- Female
- Va-nil-de
Vanilde is a modern Brazilian female name ending in -ilde, with a beginning of uncertain origin.
Meaning
The meaning of Vanilde 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)
- 6,183
- Rank in Brazil
- #2,364
- Median age
- 55 years
- 2010 Census
- 7,238
- people
Vanilde in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Vanilde, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (1,873 people).
6,101 women 82 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 Vanilde is most common
States with the highest share of people named Vanilde in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Santa Catarina 0.006%
- Minas Gerais 0.005%
- Paraná 0.005%
- Sergipe 0.005%
- Bahia 0.004%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 1,599 | 0.004% |
| Minas Gerais | 1,089 | 0.005% |
| Paraná | 549 | 0.005% |
| Bahia | 542 | 0.004% |
| Santa Catarina | 460 | 0.006% |
| Goiás | 240 | 0.003% |
| Pará | 230 | 0.003% |
| Maranhão | 199 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 187 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 136 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 133 | 0.004% |
| Amazonas | 109 | 0.003% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 104 | 0.004% |
| Sergipe | 104 | 0.005% |
| Distrito Federal | 99 | 0.004% |
| Espírito Santo | 71 | 0.002% |
| Tocantins | 68 | 0.005% |
| Rondônia | 66 | 0.004% |
| Ceará | 37 | 0.000% |
| Acre | 36 | 0.004% |
| Pernambuco | 28 | 0.000% |
| Piauí | 24 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 21 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 18 | 0.003% |
| Roraima | 15 | 0.002% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Vanilde
Vanilde ends in -ilde, a feminine formative that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) links to Germanic hild, 'battle'. For the beginning, Van-, the same dictionary points to several hypotheses of origin, without a single answer, so the meaning of the whole name is not fixed. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 6,183 people named Vanilde, with a median age of 55. It is almost always a female name, and most of those recorded were born between 1940 and 1979.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ILDA, -ILDE; VAN-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Vanilde
What does the name Vanilde mean?
The meaning of Vanilde 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 Vanilde in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 6,183 people with the first name Vanilde, which ranks it number 2,364 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Vanilde a boy's or a girl's name?
Vanilde is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 6,101 women and 82 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Vanilde most common?
Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.006% of the state's population is named Vanilde (460 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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