Meaning of the nameDorivaldo
- Male
- Do-ri-val-do
Dorivaldo is a male name ending in -valdo, a Germanic element, and the largest group was born in the 1970s.
Meaning
The meaning of Dorivaldo 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)
- 3,500
- Rank in Brazil
- #3,500
- Median age
- 52 years
- 2010 Census
- 3,943
- people
Dorivaldo in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Dorivaldo, 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 (949 people).
0 women 3,492 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 Dorivaldo is most common
States with the highest share of people named Dorivaldo in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 730 | 0.002% |
| Bahia | 587 | 0.004% |
| Pará | 512 | 0.006% |
| Minas Gerais | 294 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 206 | 0.003% |
| Maranhão | 188 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 137 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 135 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 72 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 66 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 64 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 64 | 0.002% |
| Amazonas | 62 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso | 61 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 59 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 47 | 0.003% |
| Piauí | 43 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 42 | 0.006% |
| Distrito Federal | 34 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 24 | 0.002% |
| Espírito Santo | 23 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 15 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Dorivaldo
The morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil describes -valdo as a Germanic element, with proposed origins such as balths, 'bold', or walt, 'powerful', and cites names such as Nivaldo, Elivaldo and Erisvaldo. The origin of the first part, Dori-, is uncertain, so the whole name has no attested meaning. It is an almost always male name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,500 people named Dorivaldo, with a median age of 52.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: morfemário (valdo-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Dorivaldo
What does the name Dorivaldo mean?
The meaning of Dorivaldo 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 Dorivaldo in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,500 people with the first name Dorivaldo, which ranks it number 3,500 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Dorivaldo a boy's or a girl's name?
Dorivaldo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 3,492 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Dorivaldo most common?
Proportionally, in Pará: 0.006% of the state's population is named Dorivaldo (512 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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