Meaning of the nameEdnaldo

Male
Germanic origin
Ed-nal-do

Ednaldo is a male name of Germanic origin that, according to Wiktionary, means 'he who rules his riches', related to Edvaldo and Eduardo.

Meaning

“he who rules his riches”

Source: Wiktionary: Ednaldo

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People (2022): 49,578
Rank in Brazil: #570
Median age: 45 years
2010 Census: 53,334; people

Ednaldo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ednaldo, 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 (16,332 people).

164 women 49,414 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 Ednaldo is most common

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

Paraíba 0.114%
Pernambuco 0.103%
Alagoas 0.097%
Sergipe 0.054%
Bahia 0.045%

All states

State	People	% of population
Pernambuco	9,332	0.103%
São Paulo	8,061	0.018%
Bahia	6,370	0.045%
Paraíba	4,510	0.114%
Alagoas	3,028	0.097%
Minas Gerais	2,337	0.011%
Rio de Janeiro	2,081	0.013%
Maranhão	1,907	0.028%
Pará	1,828	0.023%
Ceará	1,502	0.017%
Rio Grande do Norte	1,204	0.037%
Sergipe	1,197	0.054%
Goiás	1,179	0.017%
Paraná	756	0.007%
Piauí	637	0.020%
Amazonas	600	0.015%
Distrito Federal	582	0.021%
Espírito Santo	489	0.013%
Mato Grosso	482	0.013%
Mato Grosso do Sul	390	0.014%
Rondônia	320	0.020%
Santa Catarina	246	0.003%
Tocantins	183	0.012%
Acre	112	0.014%
Amapá	102	0.014%
Roraima	92	0.014%
Rio Grande do Sul	51	0.001%

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

About the name Ednaldo

Wiktionary traces Ednaldo to a Germanic name glossed as 'he who rules his riches', formed from Proto-Germanic *audaz ('wealth') and *waldą ('power, authority'), and relates it to Edvaldo and Eduardo. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Ednaldo among the Brazilian names with the element Ed-, from Anglo-Saxon ead, 'wealth, possessions'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 49,578 people named Ednaldo, with a median age of 45. Proportionally, the name is most common in Paraíba. The dictionary lists Edenaldo and Edinaldo as spelling variants.

Sources

Wiktionary: Ednaldo · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Edvaldo · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ednaldo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Ednaldo

What does the name Ednaldo mean?

Ednaldo means “he who rules his riches”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Ednaldo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 49,578 people with the first name Ednaldo, which ranks it number 570 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Ednaldo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 164 women and 49,414 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Ednaldo?

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

In which Brazilian state is Ednaldo most common?

Proportionally, in Paraíba: 0.114% of the state's population is named Ednaldo (4,510 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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