Meaning of the nameArisvaldo
- Male
- A-ris-val-do
Arisvaldo is a Brazilian male name ending in -valdo, a Germanic name-forming element with more than one possible reading in the Morfemário.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,347 people named Arisvaldo, the 6,765th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 50, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Meaning
The meaning of Arisvaldo 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)
- 1,347
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,765
- Median age
- 50 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,558
- people
Arisvaldo in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Arisvaldo, 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 (378 people).
0 women 1,343 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 Arisvaldo is most common
States with the highest share of people named Arisvaldo in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 581 | 0.004% |
| São Paulo | 211 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 78 | 0.004% |
| Minas Gerais | 68 | 0.000% |
| Pará | 54 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 54 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 41 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 39 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 32 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 23 | 0.000% |
| Piauí | 21 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 19 | 0.000% |
| Distrito Federal | 17 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 15 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Arisvaldo
According to the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), the ending -valdo (as in -aldo and -naldo) has more than one attested Germanic origin: walt/wald, 'one who rules'; hard/hart, 'strong'; balths or bald, 'bold'; or old, 'old'. The dictionary analyzes Erisvaldo as eris + -valdo, but the origin of the beginning Aris- is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,347 people named Arisvaldo, with a median age of 50. It is almost always a male name, and most were born in the 1960s and 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Erisvaldo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Arisvaldo
What does the name Arisvaldo mean?
The meaning of Arisvaldo 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 Arisvaldo in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,347 people with the first name Arisvaldo, which ranks it number 6,765 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Arisvaldo a boy's or a girl's name?
Arisvaldo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,343 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Arisvaldo most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.004% of the state's population is named Arisvaldo (581 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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