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Meaning of the nameAldete

Aldete is a Brazilian female name of uncertain origin, ending in -ete, most often recorded among people born in the 1960s.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,660 people named Aldete, the 5,838th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 58, and the largest group was born in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Meaning

The meaning of Aldete 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)
1,660
Rank in Brazil
#5,838
Median age
58 years
2010 Census
1,934
people

Aldete in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Aldete, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (444 people).

1,563 women 97 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 Aldete is most common

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

  1. Bahia 0.002%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.002%
  3. Paraná 0.001%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  5. São Paulo 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo2550.001%
Bahia2060.002%
Minas Gerais1590.001%
Paraná1320.001%
Santa Catarina1150.002%
Pará750.001%
Maranhão680.001%
Goiás640.001%
Espírito Santo620.002%
Rio de Janeiro600.000%
Rio Grande do Sul540.001%
Pernambuco510.001%
Amazonas490.001%
Mato Grosso420.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul380.001%
Piauí360.001%
Ceará280.000%
Distrito Federal260.001%
Paraíba210.001%
Alagoas210.001%
Sergipe210.001%
Rondônia210.001%
Tocantins180.001%

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

About the name Aldete

The origin of Aldete is uncertain. The ending -ete is, according to the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, the diminutive suffix from French -ette, which appears in names such as Claudete and Margarete. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,660 people named Aldete, with a median age of 58. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia. The great majority of the people recorded are women.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Aldete · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ete) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Aldete

What does the name Aldete mean?

The meaning of Aldete 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 Aldete in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,660 people with the first name Aldete, which ranks it number 5,838 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Aldete is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,563 women and 97 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Aldete most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.002% of the state's population is named Aldete (206 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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