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Meaning of the nameAginaldo

Aginaldo is a Brazilian masculine name close to Aguinaldo and Agnaldo, whose exact origin is not known for certain.

Meaning

The meaning of Aginaldo 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)
1,590
Rank in Brazil
#6,019
Median age
48 years
2010 Census
2,130
people

Aginaldo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Aginaldo, 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 (601 people).

0 women 1,578 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 Aginaldo is most common

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

  1. Bahia 0.002%
  2. Paraná 0.001%
  3. São Paulo 0.001%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia3300.002%
São Paulo3050.001%
Minas Gerais1320.001%
Paraná1010.001%
Pernambuco780.001%
Pará760.001%
Rio de Janeiro610.000%
Goiás570.001%
Mato Grosso510.001%
Santa Catarina470.001%
Sergipe360.002%
Maranhão350.001%
Rondônia260.002%
Alagoas240.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul240.001%
Rio Grande do Sul230.000%
Paraíba220.001%
Espírito Santo220.001%
Rio Grande do Norte220.001%
Ceará210.000%
Amazonas210.001%
Piauí210.001%
Distrito Federal180.001%
Tocantins180.001%

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

About the name Aginaldo

Aginaldo recalls Aguinaldo, recorded as the Portuguese form of the Germanic name Aginald, formed from elements meaning 'edge, blade' and 'power'. The origin of the spelling without U is uncertain. Agnaldo, another close spelling, is recorded as an alternative form of Aguinaldo. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,590 people named Aginaldo, with a median age of 48. It is almost always a male name, for people born mostly in the 1960s and 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Aguinaldo · behindthename.com · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Aginald · behindthename.com · origin
  3. Wiktionary: Aguinaldo · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Agnaldo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Aginaldo

What does the name Aginaldo mean?

The meaning of Aginaldo 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 Aginaldo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,590 people with the first name Aginaldo, which ranks it number 6,019 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Aginaldo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,578 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Aginaldo most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.002% of the state's population is named Aginaldo (330 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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