Meaning of the nameAldo
Aldo is a male name of Italian and Germanic origin, a short form of old names beginning with alt, 'old', or adal, 'noble'.
Meaning
“short form of Germanic names with alt, 'old', or adal, 'noble'”
Source: Behind the Name: Aldo
- People (2022)
- 30,025
- Rank in Brazil
- #823
- Median age
- 49 years
- 2010 Census
- 35,413
- people
Aldo in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Aldo, 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 (6,991 people).
94 women 29,931 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 Aldo is most common
States with the highest share of people named Aldo in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Santa Catarina 0.030%
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.025%
- Pará 0.024%
- Alagoas 0.024%
- Amapá 0.024%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 5,812 | 0.013% |
| Santa Catarina | 2,297 | 0.030% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 2,067 | 0.019% |
| Pará | 1,970 | 0.024% |
| Pernambuco | 1,966 | 0.022% |
| Bahia | 1,924 | 0.014% |
| Minas Gerais | 1,853 | 0.009% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 1,742 | 0.011% |
| Paraná | 1,622 | 0.014% |
| Goiás | 874 | 0.012% |
| Maranhão | 849 | 0.013% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 821 | 0.025% |
| Paraíba | 787 | 0.020% |
| Alagoas | 760 | 0.024% |
| Amazonas | 656 | 0.017% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 645 | 0.023% |
| Mato Grosso | 598 | 0.016% |
| Ceará | 433 | 0.005% |
| Distrito Federal | 393 | 0.014% |
| Sergipe | 393 | 0.018% |
| Espírito Santo | 380 | 0.010% |
| Piauí | 304 | 0.009% |
| Rondônia | 244 | 0.015% |
| Tocantins | 227 | 0.015% |
| Amapá | 174 | 0.024% |
| Acre | 135 | 0.016% |
| Roraima | 99 | 0.016% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Aldo
According to Behind the Name, Aldo is a name used in Italian and Germanic, originally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element alt, 'old', and sometimes adal, 'noble'. Wiktionary records Aldo as an Italian name. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Haldo as a spelling variant. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 30,025 people named Aldo, with a median age of 49; proportionally, the name is most common in Santa Catarina.
Sources
- Behind the Name: Aldo · behindthename.com · meaning
- Wiktionary: Aldo · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Aldo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Aldo
What does the name Aldo mean?
Aldo means “short form of Germanic names with alt, 'old', or adal, 'noble'”, according to Behind the Name.
How many people are named Aldo in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 30,025 people with the first name Aldo, which ranks it number 823 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Aldo a boy's or a girl's name?
Aldo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 94 women and 29,931 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Aldo?
Aldo is a name of Italian and Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Aldo most common?
Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.030% of the state's population is named Aldo (2,297 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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