Meaning of the nameElisvaldo
- Male
- E-lis-val-do
Elisvaldo is a Brazilian male name ending in -valdo, an ending linked to Germanic sources, as in Osvaldo and Elivaldo.
Meaning
The meaning of Elisvaldo 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)
- 3,190
- Rank in Brazil
- #3,724
- Median age
- 41 years
- 2010 Census
- 3,286
- people
Elisvaldo in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Elisvaldo, 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 (1,016 people).
0 women 3,182 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 Elisvaldo is most common
States with the highest share of people named Elisvaldo in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Maranhão | 686 | 0.010% |
| Bahia | 547 | 0.004% |
| São Paulo | 393 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 259 | 0.003% |
| Goiás | 214 | 0.003% |
| Pernambuco | 142 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 139 | 0.004% |
| Minas Gerais | 107 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 100 | 0.003% |
| Ceará | 96 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 52 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 51 | 0.002% |
| Espírito Santo | 50 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 49 | 0.000% |
| Tocantins | 48 | 0.003% |
| Alagoas | 44 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 35 | 0.000% |
| Roraima | 34 | 0.005% |
| Sergipe | 32 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 30 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 22 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 16 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Elisvaldo
Elisvaldo is a name of Brazilian formation that ends in -valdo. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) links this ending to several possible Germanic sources, with ideas such as 'rule' (walt/wald), 'strong' (hard) and 'bold' (balths). The beginning Eli- is of doubtful origin in the same Morfemário, which records a proposal to link it to Eliel; the meaning of the whole name is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,190 people named Elisvaldo, with a median age of 41. It is almost always a male name, and most of the people were born in the 1970s and 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Elisvaldo
What does the name Elisvaldo mean?
The meaning of Elisvaldo 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 Elisvaldo in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,190 people with the first name Elisvaldo, which ranks it number 3,724 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Elisvaldo a boy's or a girl's name?
Elisvaldo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 3,182 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Elisvaldo most common?
Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.010% of the state's population is named Elisvaldo (686 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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