Meaning of the nameAdevaldo
- Male
- A-de-val-do
Adevaldo is a Brazilian masculine name of uncertain origin, ending in -valdo, an ending of Germanic origin that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) groups with -aldo, -baldo and -naldo.
Meaning
The meaning of Adevaldo is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 5,488
- Rank in Brazil
- #2,577
- Median age
- 50 years
- 2010 Census
- 6,360
- people
Adevaldo in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Adevaldo, 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 (1,474 people).
0 women 5,478 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 Adevaldo is most common
States with the highest share of people named Adevaldo in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Tocantins 0.010%
- Bahia 0.010%
- Espírito Santo 0.006%
- Goiás 0.005%
- Pará 0.004%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 1,366 | 0.010% |
| São Paulo | 961 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 479 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 355 | 0.004% |
| Goiás | 340 | 0.005% |
| Espírito Santo | 242 | 0.006% |
| Pernambuco | 164 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 164 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso | 156 | 0.004% |
| Tocantins | 151 | 0.010% |
| Paraná | 147 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 122 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 111 | 0.003% |
| Piauí | 92 | 0.003% |
| Sergipe | 89 | 0.004% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 88 | 0.003% |
| Rondônia | 75 | 0.005% |
| Ceará | 71 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 51 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 49 | 0.002% |
| Alagoas | 47 | 0.002% |
| Paraíba | 35 | 0.001% |
| Acre | 30 | 0.004% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 29 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 25 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 25 | 0.003% |
| Roraima | 24 | 0.004% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Adevaldo
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Adevaldo among the names in -valdo, of Germanic origin, with proposed roots meaning 'the one who rules', 'strong', 'bold' and 'old'. For the beginning Ade-, it indicates that it probably comes from traditional given names such as Aderbal, perhaps related to the elements Adal- and Adel-. The meaning of the whole is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,488 people named Adevaldo, with a median age of 50, most of them born in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and almost always men.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Adevaldo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-VALDO, ADE-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Adevaldo
What does the name Adevaldo mean?
The meaning of Adevaldo is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Adevaldo in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,488 people with the first name Adevaldo, which ranks it number 2,577 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Adevaldo a boy's or a girl's name?
Adevaldo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 5,478 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Adevaldo most common?
Proportionally, in Tocantins: 0.010% of the state's population is named Adevaldo (151 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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