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Meaning of the nameDenivaldo

Denivaldo is a Brazilian male name that ends in -valdo, an element of Germanic origin; the beginning Deni- has no origin known for certain.

Meaning

The meaning of Denivaldo is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
5,560
Rank in Brazil
#2,555
Median age
44 years
2010 Census
6,105
people

Denivaldo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Denivaldo, 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 (1,748 people).

23 women 5,537 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 Denivaldo is most common

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

  1. Bahia 0.011%
  2. Pará 0.005%
  3. Mato Grosso 0.005%
  4. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.004%
  5. Espírito Santo 0.004%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia1,5350.011%
São Paulo9690.002%
Minas Gerais4840.002%
Pará4020.005%
Goiás2430.003%
Rio de Janeiro2140.001%
Pernambuco2060.002%
Paraná1980.002%
Maranhão1900.003%
Mato Grosso1790.005%
Espírito Santo1400.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul1220.004%
Alagoas960.003%
Amazonas900.002%
Rondônia640.004%
Sergipe610.003%
Distrito Federal600.002%
Piauí510.002%
Tocantins500.003%
Santa Catarina420.001%
Amapá350.005%
Ceará320.000%
Paraíba290.001%
Rio Grande do Sul190.000%
Rio Grande do Norte180.001%
Roraima170.003%

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

About the name Denivaldo

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records -valdo, from forms such as -aldo and -naldo, with Germanic origin: walt/wald, 'the one who rules', among other hypotheses. The origin of Deni- is not known for certain, and so the meaning of Denivaldo remains open. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,560 people named Denivaldo, with a median age of 44. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia. It is an almost always male name, given mostly to people born in the 1970s and 1980s.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Denivaldo

What does the name Denivaldo mean?

The meaning of Denivaldo is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Denivaldo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,560 people with the first name Denivaldo, which ranks it number 2,555 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Denivaldo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 23 women and 5,537 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Denivaldo most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.011% of the state's population is named Denivaldo (1,535 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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