Meaning of the nameEdvando
- Male
- Ed-van-do
Edvando is a Brazilian male name of uncertain origin, with the initial element Ed- and the ending -vando, proportionally most common in Bahia.
Meaning
The meaning of Edvando 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)
- 2,833
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,053
- Median age
- 41 years
- 2010 Census
- 3,122
- people
Edvando in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Edvando, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (916 people).
0 women 2,822 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 Edvando is most common
States with the highest share of people named Edvando in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.006%
- Paraíba 0.005%
- Ceará 0.005%
- Pernambuco 0.002%
- São Paulo 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 842 | 0.006% |
| São Paulo | 452 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 399 | 0.005% |
| Paraíba | 215 | 0.005% |
| Minas Gerais | 185 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 142 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 130 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 78 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 58 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 34 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 33 | 0.000% |
| Distrito Federal | 32 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 31 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 31 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 29 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 28 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 22 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 19 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 16 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 15 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Edvando
The origin of Edvando is uncertain and its formation is not documented. The morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes the element Ed-, found in names such as Edvaldo, as coming from Anglo-Saxon Germanic ead, 'wealth, goods', and mentions the formative -vando when discussing -van, which may be a hypocoristic of it. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,833 people named Edvando, with a median age of 41. The largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Edvando
What does the name Edvando mean?
The meaning of Edvando 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 Edvando in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,833 people with the first name Edvando, which ranks it number 4,053 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Edvando a boy's or a girl's name?
Edvando is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,822 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Edvando most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.006% of the state's population is named Edvando (842 people), according to the 2022 Census.
Spotted a mistake? Report a correction for Edvando with a source. See the methodology.