Meaning of the nameAtevaldo
- Male
- A-te-val-do
Atevaldo is a Brazilian male name ending in -valdo, an element of Germanic origin with more than one proposed origin.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,128 people named Atevaldo, the 7,626th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 51, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Meaning
The meaning of Atevaldo 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)
- 1,128
- Rank in Brazil
- #7,626
- Median age
- 51 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,307
- people
Atevaldo in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Atevaldo, 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 (364 people).
0 women 1,126 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 Atevaldo is most common
States with the highest share of people named Atevaldo in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 403 | 0.003% |
| São Paulo | 182 | 0.000% |
| Minas Gerais | 63 | 0.000% |
| Espírito Santo | 60 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 54 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 45 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 41 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 38 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 30 | 0.000% |
| Amazonas | 29 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 25 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 22 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 18 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 17 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 16 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Atevaldo
The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil assigns the element -valdo several Germanic origins, among them walt/wald, 'one who rules', and hard/hart, 'strong'. The beginning Ate- has no origin known with certainty, so the meaning of Atevaldo is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,128 people named Atevaldo, with a median age of 51, almost always men, most of them born between 1960 and 1979. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Atevaldo
What does the name Atevaldo mean?
The meaning of Atevaldo 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 Atevaldo in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,128 people with the first name Atevaldo, which ranks it number 7,626 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Atevaldo a boy's or a girl's name?
Atevaldo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,126 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Atevaldo most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.003% of the state's population is named Atevaldo (403 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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