Meaning of the nameAdivaldo

Male
Germanic origin
A-di-val-do

Adivaldo is a Brazilian masculine name ending in -valdo, a Germanic formative with more than one proposed origin.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,691 people named Adivaldo, the 5,760th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 52, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Meaning

The meaning of Adivaldo is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 1,691
Rank in Brazil: #5,760
Median age: 52 years
2010 Census: 1,782; people

Adivaldo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Adivaldo, 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 (477 people).

0 women 1,688 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 Adivaldo is most common

States with the highest share of people named Adivaldo in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Bahia 0.002%
Minas Gerais 0.002%
Pará 0.002%
São Paulo 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	341	0.001%
Minas Gerais	331	0.002%
Bahia	280	0.002%
Pará	119	0.002%
Paraná	82	0.001%
Goiás	81	0.001%
Espírito Santo	64	0.002%
Maranhão	41	0.001%
Mato Grosso	38	0.001%
Pernambuco	37	0.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul	37	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	36	0.000%
Rondônia	34	0.002%
Amazonas	26	0.001%
Sergipe	20	0.001%
Santa Catarina	17	0.000%
Alagoas	16	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Adivaldo

Adivaldo ends in -valdo, which the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records as a formative of Germanic origin, with proposed roots such as walt/wald, 'one who rules', hard/hart, 'strong', and balths or bald, 'bold, daring'. The beginning Adi- appears in the dictionary as a probable fragment of traditional given names such as Aderbal. With so many possibilities, the meaning of the whole name is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,691 people named Adivaldo, with a median age of 52.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Adivaldo

What does the name Adivaldo mean?

The meaning of Adivaldo is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Adivaldo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,691 people with the first name Adivaldo, which ranks it number 5,760 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

Is Adivaldo a boy's or a girl's name?

Adivaldo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,688 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Adivaldo?

Adivaldo is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Adivaldo most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.002% of the state's population is named Adivaldo (280 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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