Meaning of the nameBenevaldo
- Male
- Be-ne-val-do
Benevaldo is a Brazilian male name formed from a beginning Bene- of uncertain origin and the Germanic ending -valdo, which has varied readings.
Meaning
The meaning of Benevaldo 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)
- 1,345
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,776
- Median age
- 49 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,537
- people
Benevaldo in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Benevaldo, 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 (398 people).
0 women 1,340 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 Benevaldo is most common
States with the highest share of people named Benevaldo in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 347 | 0.003% |
| São Paulo | 193 | 0.000% |
| Pará | 156 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 132 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 81 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 71 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 70 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 49 | 0.000% |
| Alagoas | 29 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 28 | 0.000% |
| Tocantins | 28 | 0.002% |
| Distrito Federal | 26 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 23 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 22 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 17 | 0.000% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 15 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Benevaldo
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 origin of the beginning Bene- is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,345 people named Benevaldo, with a median age of 49. 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
Questions about the name Benevaldo
What does the name Benevaldo mean?
The meaning of Benevaldo 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 Benevaldo in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,345 people with the first name Benevaldo, which ranks it number 6,776 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Benevaldo a boy's or a girl's name?
Benevaldo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,340 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Benevaldo most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.003% of the state's population is named Benevaldo (347 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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