Baby name
FADING
🇧🇷 Gilvan
/ZHIL · vahn/
Meaning
“Unknown”
Brazilian masculine name, variant of Gilberto or a construction of 'Gil' and Germanic '-van'; used particularly in northeastern Brazil.
Nicknames
gil
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Regional and generational; a name that tells you exactly where and when someone was born.
The cultural moment.
Common in northeastern Brazil from the 1950s to 1970s; very rare today.