Meaning of the nameEraldo

Eraldo is a male name of Germanic origin, a variant of Aroldo, formed from the elements here, 'army', and weald, 'powerful'.

Meaning

“Italian variant of Aroldo, with the elements here, 'army', and weald, 'powerful'”

Source: Behind the Name: Eraldo · Behind the Name: Harold

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People (2022): 25,832
Rank in Brazil: #905
Median age: 51 years
2010 Census: 31,548; people

Eraldo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Eraldo, 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 (6,711 people).

64 women 25,768 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 Eraldo is most common

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

Alagoas 0.052%
Pernambuco 0.042%
Sergipe 0.039%
Amapá 0.026%
Espírito Santo 0.019%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	3,902	0.009%
Pernambuco	3,823	0.042%
Rio de Janeiro	2,442	0.015%
Bahia	2,397	0.017%
Alagoas	1,635	0.052%
Paraná	1,239	0.011%
Minas Gerais	1,189	0.006%
Pará	1,154	0.014%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,056	0.010%
Santa Catarina	1,005	0.013%
Sergipe	867	0.039%
Paraíba	753	0.019%
Espírito Santo	745	0.019%
Amazonas	556	0.014%
Maranhão	457	0.007%
Mato Grosso do Sul	378	0.014%
Mato Grosso	355	0.010%
Ceará	354	0.004%
Goiás	342	0.005%
Piauí	237	0.007%
Distrito Federal	209	0.007%
Rio Grande do Norte	194	0.006%
Amapá	194	0.026%
Rondônia	154	0.010%
Tocantins	87	0.006%
Roraima	57	0.009%
Acre	51	0.006%

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

About the name Eraldo

Behind the Name records Eraldo, in Italian, as a variant of Aroldo, with the same roots as Harold, a name that comes from the Old English Hereweald and combines here, 'army', and weald, 'powerful'. Wiktionary gives Eraldo as a male Italian name of Germanic origin. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil treats Eraldo as a graphic variant of Heraldo. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 25,832 people named Eraldo and 5,366 named Heraldo. Proportionally, Eraldo is most common in Alagoas.

It is the most common spelling in the group and the one that drops the initial H.

Other spellings of Eraldo

Spelling	People (2022)
Eraldo	25,832
Heraldo	5,366

Sources

Behind the Name: Eraldo · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Harold · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Eraldo · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Heraldo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Eraldo

What does the name Eraldo mean?

Eraldo means “Italian variant of Aroldo, with the elements here, 'army', and weald, 'powerful'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Eraldo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 25,832 people with the first name Eraldo, which ranks it number 905 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Eraldo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 64 women and 25,768 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Eraldo?

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

In which Brazilian state is Eraldo most common?

Proportionally, in Alagoas: 0.052% of the state's population is named Eraldo (1,635 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Eraldo?

Heraldo. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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