Meaning of the nameDivaldo

Male
Germanic origin
Di-val-do

Divaldo is a male name, a variant of Edvaldo, a name of Germanic origin that Wiktionary translates approximately as 'the power of wealth'.

Meaning

“variant of Edvaldo, a Germanic name with the approximate sense 'the power of wealth'”

Source: Wiktionary: Edvaldo

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People (2022): 4,317
Rank in Brazil: #3,039
Median age: 54 years
2010 Census: 5,323; people

Divaldo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Divaldo, 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 (1,195 people).

0 women 4,306 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 Divaldo is most common

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

Pará 0.005%
Goiás 0.004%
Bahia 0.003%
Alagoas 0.003%
Mato Grosso 0.003%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,021	0.002%
Minas Gerais	534	0.003%
Bahia	463	0.003%
Pará	410	0.005%
Paraná	279	0.002%
Goiás	278	0.004%
Rio de Janeiro	210	0.001%
Pernambuco	151	0.002%
Mato Grosso	105	0.003%
Espírito Santo	103	0.003%
Alagoas	102	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	92	0.003%
Maranhão	84	0.001%
Santa Catarina	61	0.001%
Paraíba	58	0.002%
Amazonas	51	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	43	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	42	0.000%
Sergipe	37	0.002%
Rondônia	33	0.002%
Distrito Federal	32	0.001%
Tocantins	32	0.002%
Amapá	31	0.004%
Piauí	26	0.001%
Ceará	25	0.000%

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

About the name Divaldo

Wiktionary records Divaldo as a variant of Edvaldo. Edvaldo comes from a Germanic name that joins Proto-Germanic audaz, 'wealth', and waldą, 'power, authority', and is related to Icelandic Eðvald. The meaning given is that of the base name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,317 people named Divaldo, with a median age of 54; proportionally, it is most common in Pará. The name is almost always male, with records mostly from the 1950s to the 1970s.

Sources

Wiktionary: Divaldo · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Edvaldo · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

Questions about the name Divaldo

What does the name Divaldo mean?

Divaldo means “variant of Edvaldo, a Germanic name with the approximate sense 'the power of wealth'”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Divaldo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,317 people with the first name Divaldo, which ranks it number 3,039 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Divaldo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 4,306 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Divaldo?

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

In which Brazilian state is Divaldo most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.005% of the state's population is named Divaldo (410 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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