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Meaning of the nameDalvino

Dalvino is a Brazilian masculine name of uncertain origin that ends in -ino, a diminutive affix from Latin.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,282 people named Dalvino, the 7,004th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 61, and the largest group was born in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.

Meaning

The meaning of Dalvino 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)
1,282
Rank in Brazil
#7,004
Median age
61 years
2010 Census
1,666
people

Dalvino in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Dalvino, 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 (348 people).

0 women 1,270 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 Dalvino is most common

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

  1. Santa Catarina 0.002%
  2. Bahia 0.001%
  3. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia1850.001%
São Paulo1570.000%
Santa Catarina1130.002%
Minas Gerais930.001%
Goiás780.001%
Paraná770.001%
Rio Grande do Sul650.001%
Maranhão630.001%
Espírito Santo580.002%
Pará540.001%
Piauí450.001%
Pernambuco410.001%
Mato Grosso400.001%
Rio de Janeiro370.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul300.001%
Tocantins250.002%
Rondônia220.001%
Distrito Federal190.001%
Rio Grande do Norte170.001%

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

About the name Dalvino

The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes -ino as a masculine ending from Latin -ino, a diminutive affix, found in names such as Marcelino and Vitorino. The origin of the beginning Dalv- is uncertain, so Dalvino is not given a meaning. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,282 people named Dalvino; the name is almost always male, and most of the people were born in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ino) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Dalvino

What does the name Dalvino mean?

The meaning of Dalvino 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 Dalvino in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,282 people with the first name Dalvino, which ranks it number 7,004 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Dalvino is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,270 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Dalvino most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.002% of the state's population is named Dalvino (113 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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