Meaning of the nameVilmara

Vilmara is a female Brazilian name, a probable feminine form of the Germanic Vilmar, which Machado (1981), cited in the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, interprets as 'illustrious or bright in will'.

Meaning

“probable feminine form of Vilmar, 'illustrious or bright in will'”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Vilmara · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Vilmar

People (2022): 3,356
Rank in Brazil: #3,595
Median age: 36 years
2010 Census: 3,566; people

Vilmara in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Vilmara, 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 (1,025 people).

3,340 women 0 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 Vilmara is most common

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

Paraná 0.004%
Piauí 0.004%
Maranhão 0.003%
Bahia 0.003%
Minas Gerais 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	493	0.001%
Paraná	427	0.004%
Bahia	397	0.003%
Minas Gerais	366	0.002%
Maranhão	233	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	176	0.001%
Santa Catarina	133	0.002%
Pará	129	0.002%
Ceará	128	0.002%
Piauí	122	0.004%
Amazonas	90	0.002%
Espírito Santo	81	0.002%
Goiás	78	0.001%
Mato Grosso	75	0.002%
Pernambuco	65	0.001%
Paraíba	65	0.002%
Distrito Federal	54	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	53	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	41	0.002%
Tocantins	35	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	25	0.001%
Sergipe	24	0.001%
Rondônia	22	0.001%
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 Vilmara

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) analyzes Vilmara as Vil- + -mara and considers it a probable feminine variant of Vilmar. For Vilmar, the dictionary cites Machado (1981): Germanic origin, from wilja, 'will', and mérs, 'illustrious, bright'. The Morfemário notes that the ending -mara may have other sources, such as a hypocoristic of Maria, the Hebrew marah, 'bitterness', or the Tupi marã, 'bad'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,356 people named Vilmara, with a median age of 36. The records are almost always female.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Vilmara · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Vilmar · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-MARA, -MAR) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Vilmara

What does the name Vilmara mean?

Vilmara means “probable feminine form of Vilmar, 'illustrious or bright in will'”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

How many people are named Vilmara in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,356 people with the first name Vilmara, which ranks it number 3,595 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Vilmara is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 3,340 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Vilmara?

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

In which Brazilian state is Vilmara most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.004% of the state's population is named Vilmara (427 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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