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Meaning of the nameEderaldo

Ederaldo is a male Brazilian name formed with Ed(e)- and -aldo, two Germanic elements listed by the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

Meaning

The meaning of Ederaldo 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)
2,305
Rank in Brazil
#4,642
Median age
50 years
2010 Census
2,704
people

Ederaldo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ederaldo, 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 (667 people).

0 women 2,301 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 Ederaldo is most common

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

  1. Alagoas 0.007%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.002%
  3. Bahia 0.002%
  4. Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
  5. São Paulo 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo5920.001%
Bahia2310.002%
Alagoas2100.007%
Paraná1480.001%
Rio Grande do Sul1480.001%
Santa Catarina1300.002%
Rio de Janeiro1210.001%
Pernambuco900.001%
Pará850.001%
Minas Gerais840.000%
Paraíba790.002%
Espírito Santo700.002%
Sergipe670.003%
Amazonas490.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul350.001%
Goiás330.001%
Maranhão250.000%
Mato Grosso230.001%
Rondônia150.001%
Amapá150.002%

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

About the name Ederaldo

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) cites Ederaldo among the Brazilian names formed with Ed-, from Anglo-Saxon ead, 'wealth, goods', and also among those formed with -aldo, of Germanic origin with more than one possible explanation. Since the combination of the two elements has no documented meaning, the name as a whole is left without a meaning. The largest number of records is of people born in the 1960s, and almost all are male. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,305 people named Ederaldo, with a median age of 50.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Ederaldo

What does the name Ederaldo mean?

The meaning of Ederaldo 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 Ederaldo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,305 people with the first name Ederaldo, which ranks it number 4,642 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Ederaldo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,301 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Ederaldo most common?

Proportionally, in Alagoas: 0.007% of the state's population is named Ederaldo (210 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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