Meaning of the nameArnaldo

Male
Germanic origin
Ar-nal-do

Arnaldo is a masculine name of Germanic origin, the Portuguese form of Arnold, which means 'power of the eagle'.

Meaning

“power of the eagle”

People (2022): 64,854
Rank in Brazil: #471
Median age: 55 years
2010 Census: 80,848; people

Arnaldo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Arnaldo, 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 (15,819 people).

156 women 64,698 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 Arnaldo is most common

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

Bahia 0.046%
Sergipe 0.046%
Pernambuco 0.040%
Alagoas 0.039%
Mato Grosso do Sul 0.038%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	16,240	0.037%
Minas Gerais	6,493	0.032%
Bahia	6,485	0.046%
Rio de Janeiro	4,446	0.028%
Pernambuco	3,649	0.040%
Paraná	3,261	0.029%
Pará	2,434	0.030%
Santa Catarina	2,056	0.027%
Goiás	1,969	0.028%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,841	0.017%
Maranhão	1,840	0.027%
Ceará	1,688	0.019%
Paraíba	1,433	0.036%
Alagoas	1,212	0.039%
Espírito Santo	1,181	0.031%
Amazonas	1,173	0.030%
Mato Grosso	1,067	0.029%
Rio Grande do Norte	1,063	0.032%
Mato Grosso do Sul	1,057	0.038%
Sergipe	1,008	0.046%
Piauí	1,003	0.031%
Distrito Federal	802	0.029%
Rondônia	457	0.029%
Tocantins	449	0.030%
Amapá	197	0.027%
Acre	180	0.022%
Roraima	170	0.027%

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

About the name Arnaldo

Behind the Name gives Arnaldo as the Italian and Portuguese form of Arnold and explains that Germanic name through the elements arn, 'eagle', and walt, 'power, authority'. Wiktionary lists Arnaldo as the equivalent of English Arnold. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Harnaldo as a spelling variant, and its Morfemário includes Arnaldo among the traditional names with the Germanic-origin ending -aldo. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 64,854 people named Arnaldo, with a median age of 55. Proportionally, the name is most common in Bahia.

Sources

Behind the Name: Arnold · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Arnaldo · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Arnaldo · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Arnaldo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Arnaldo

What does the name Arnaldo mean?

Arnaldo means “power of the eagle”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Arnaldo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 64,854 people with the first name Arnaldo, which ranks it number 471 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Arnaldo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 156 women and 64,698 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Arnaldo?

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

In which Brazilian state is Arnaldo most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.046% of the state's population is named Arnaldo (6,485 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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