Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Gilmar is a variant of Gilmer. An origin associated with Gilmer is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gilmar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 134
- 134 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 942 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Gilmar
- Gilmar RinaldiBrazilian association football playerborn 1959
- GilmarBrazilian association football playerborn 1984
- Gilmar PisasPrime Minister of Curaçao in 2017 and since 2021born 1971
- Gilmar PopocaBrazilian footballerborn 1964
- Gilmar MendesBrazilian jurist and politicianborn 1955
- Gilmar Dal PozzoBrazilian association football playerborn 1969
- Gilmar MayoColombian high jumperborn 1969
- Gilmar IserBrazilian association football playerborn 1964
- GilmarBrazilian association football playerborn 1971
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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