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Meaning of the nameZileide

Zileide is a Brazilian feminine name that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil classifies as a brasileirismo (a distinctly Brazilian coinage) and perhaps a variant of Zoleide.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 921 people named Zileide, the 8,759th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 47, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Meaning

The meaning of Zileide is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
921
Rank in Brazil
#8,759
Median age
47 years
2010 Census
1,018
people

Zileide in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Zileide, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (302 people).

918 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 Zileide is most common

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

  1. Bahia 0.001%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  3. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1800.000%
Bahia1700.001%
Minas Gerais1620.001%
Goiás470.001%
Rio de Janeiro390.000%
Pernambuco350.000%
Pará330.000%
Amazonas250.001%
Distrito Federal250.001%
Paraná240.000%
Mato Grosso200.001%
Ceará180.000%
Paraíba170.000%
Rio Grande do Norte160.001%
Tocantins160.001%

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

About the name Zileide

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) classifies Zileide as a brasileirismo (a distinctly Brazilian coinage) and records that it may be a variant of Zoleide; the meaning is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 921 people named Zileide, with a median age of 47. It is an almost always female name, and most were born in the 1960s and 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia. The census counts only the first word of the given name.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Zileide · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Zileide

What does the name Zileide mean?

The meaning of Zileide is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Zileide in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 921 people with the first name Zileide, which ranks it number 8,759 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Zileide is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 918 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Zileide most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.001% of the state's population is named Zileide (170 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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