Meaning of the nameZenilde

Zenilde is a female name created in Brazil, modeled on Germanic names ending in -ilde, such as Matilde and Clotilde.

Meaning

The meaning of Zenilde 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): 4,448
Rank in Brazil: #2,978
Median age: 55 years
2010 Census: 4,870; people

Zenilde in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Zenilde, 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 (1,379 people).

4,409 women 39 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 Zenilde is most common

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

Sergipe 0.007%
Bahia 0.006%
Maranhão 0.004%
Santa Catarina 0.004%
Pará 0.003%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	866	0.006%
São Paulo	730	0.002%
Minas Gerais	342	0.002%
Santa Catarina	312	0.004%
Maranhão	298	0.004%
Paraná	246	0.002%
Pará	244	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	158	0.002%
Goiás	155	0.002%
Sergipe	150	0.007%
Amazonas	119	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	117	0.001%
Piauí	91	0.003%
Distrito Federal	91	0.003%
Mato Grosso	86	0.002%
Tocantins	67	0.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul	56	0.002%
Ceará	55	0.001%
Pernambuco	49	0.001%
Espírito Santo	44	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	37	0.001%
Alagoas	33	0.001%
Rondônia	31	0.002%
Acre	30	0.004%
Amapá	17	0.002%
Paraíba	15	0.000%

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

About the name Zenilde

Wiktionary records Zenilde as a Brazilian creation, modeled on names ending in -ildo or -ilde, such as Matilde and Clotilde, whose root goes back to Proto-Germanic *hildiz. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) analyzes the neighboring name Zenilda as Zé + -nilda, a Brazilianism. Zé is a hypocoristic of José, and -ilda and -ilde come from Germanic hild, 'combat', according to the Morfemário. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,448 people named Zenilde, with a median age of 55. Proportionally, it is most common in Sergipe.

Sources

Wiktionary: Zenilde · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Zenilda · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ILDA, -ILDE; Zé-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Zenilde

What does the name Zenilde mean?

The meaning of Zenilde 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 Zenilde in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,448 people with the first name Zenilde, which ranks it number 2,978 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Zenilde is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 4,409 women and 39 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Zenilde?

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

In which Brazilian state is Zenilde most common?

Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.007% of the state's population is named Zenilde (150 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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