Baby name

STABLE UNISEX · BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
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Zenilda

/zeh · NEEL · dah/


“Unknown”

Brazilian Portuguese feminine name, a compound likely blending Zeno or Zenaide with Germanic hild meaning 'battle'; an entirely Brazilian construction.

zeni

strongwarm

How it ages.

Hyper-specific to mid-century Brazil; one of many creative -ilda constructions of that era.

The cultural moment.

Used in Brazil from the 1950s through the 1970s.