Aparecida

Girl · Portuguese

Aparecida

Say it: ah-pah-reh-SEE-dah

Meaning

Portuguese 'appeared', after Nossa Senhora Aparecida, the image found in a river in São Paulo state in 1717 and later made patroness of Brazil.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Very common in Brazil in the 20th century, often as Maria Aparecida, and shortened to Cida.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

Used by

Brazilian

The family of the name

Other spellings: Cida

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Where this comes from

National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
Parish baptism registers

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