Meaning of the nameVilmar

Vilmar is a male name of Germanic origin, which the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil explains as 'will' plus 'illustrious, bright'.

Meaning

“illustrious or bright in will”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Vilmar

People (2022): 47,842
Rank in Brazil: #583
Median age: 53 years
2010 Census: 55,836; people

Vilmar in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Vilmar, 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 (15,306 people).

963 women 46,879 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 Vilmar is most common

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

Santa Catarina 0.118%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.101%
Goiás 0.061%
Paraná 0.055%
Tocantins 0.045%

All states

State	People	% of population
Rio Grande do Sul	10,939	0.101%
Santa Catarina	9,006	0.118%
Paraná	6,345	0.055%
Minas Gerais	4,544	0.022%
Goiás	4,270	0.061%
São Paulo	2,655	0.006%
Mato Grosso	1,447	0.040%
Bahia	1,157	0.008%
Rio de Janeiro	1,076	0.007%
Pará	707	0.009%
Mato Grosso do Sul	696	0.025%
Tocantins	680	0.045%
Ceará	630	0.007%
Espírito Santo	614	0.016%
Distrito Federal	586	0.021%
Rondônia	521	0.033%
Maranhão	520	0.008%
Piauí	486	0.015%
Pernambuco	275	0.003%
Amazonas	267	0.007%
Paraíba	146	0.004%
Rio Grande do Norte	68	0.002%
Acre	61	0.007%
Roraima	60	0.009%
Alagoas	40	0.001%
Amapá	25	0.003%
Sergipe	21	0.001%

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

About the name Vilmar

According to Machado (1981), cited by the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), Vilmar comes from Germanic wilja, 'will', and mérs, 'illustrious' or 'bright'. The morpheme list of the same dictionary lists Vilmar among the traditional names with the element -mar and notes that names with Wil- also appear spelled with Vil-. Behind the Name treats it as a form of Wilmer popular in Brazil, a name that comes from Old English Wilmǣr. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 47,842 people named Vilmar, with a median age of 53; proportionally, the name is most common in Santa Catarina.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Vilmar · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-MAR, WIL-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Behind the Name: Vilmar · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Vilmar

What does the name Vilmar mean?

Vilmar means “illustrious or bright in will”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

How many people are named Vilmar in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 47,842 people with the first name Vilmar, which ranks it number 583 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Vilmar is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 963 women and 46,879 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Vilmar?

Vilmar is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Vilmar most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.118% of the state's population is named Vilmar (9,006 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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