Meaning of the nameEvaldo
- Male
- Germanic origin
- E-val-do
Evaldo is a masculine name of Germanic origin, the Portuguese form of Ewald, made of elements meaning 'law' and 'power'.
Meaning
“Portuguese form of Ewald, from ewa, 'law, custom', and walt, 'power, authority'”
Source: Behind the Name: Evaldo · Behind the Name: Ewald · Wiktionary: Ewald
- People (2022)
- 37,507
- Rank in Brazil
- #704
- Median age
- 49 years
- 2010 Census
- 44,173
- people
Evaldo in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Evaldo, 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 (12,990 people).
96 women 37,411 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 Evaldo is most common
States with the highest share of people named Evaldo in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Piauí 0.039%
- Acre 0.028%
- Minas Gerais 0.027%
- Espírito Santo 0.024%
- Santa Catarina 0.024%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Minas Gerais | 5,492 | 0.027% |
| São Paulo | 5,370 | 0.012% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 2,708 | 0.017% |
| Bahia | 2,562 | 0.018% |
| Pará | 1,917 | 0.024% |
| Paraná | 1,889 | 0.017% |
| Santa Catarina | 1,834 | 0.024% |
| Pernambuco | 1,772 | 0.020% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 1,761 | 0.016% |
| Ceará | 1,725 | 0.020% |
| Maranhão | 1,522 | 0.023% |
| Piauí | 1,284 | 0.039% |
| Goiás | 1,000 | 0.014% |
| Espírito Santo | 928 | 0.024% |
| Paraíba | 800 | 0.020% |
| Amazonas | 753 | 0.019% |
| Mato Grosso | 689 | 0.019% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 541 | 0.020% |
| Sergipe | 494 | 0.022% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 487 | 0.015% |
| Distrito Federal | 450 | 0.016% |
| Alagoas | 342 | 0.011% |
| Tocantins | 342 | 0.023% |
| Rondônia | 340 | 0.022% |
| Acre | 233 | 0.028% |
| Roraima | 139 | 0.022% |
| Amapá | 133 | 0.018% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Evaldo
Behind the Name presents Evaldo as the Portuguese form, used in Brazil, of Ewald, an Old German name composed of ewa, 'law, custom', and walt, 'power, authority'; Wiktionary gives the same elements for Ewald, ewa, 'law', and waltan, 'to rule'. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) includes Evaldo among the traditional names in -aldo, of Germanic origin, and the Evaldo entry of the same dictionary records Hevaldo as a spelling variant. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 37,507 people named Evaldo, with a median age of 49; the name is almost always male and, proportionally, it is most common in Piauí.
Sources
- Behind the Name: Evaldo · behindthename.com · meaning
- Behind the Name: Ewald · behindthename.com · meaning
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Evaldo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
- Wiktionary: Ewald · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-aldo) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Evaldo
What does the name Evaldo mean?
Evaldo means “Portuguese form of Ewald, from ewa, 'law, custom', and walt, 'power, authority'”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.
How many people are named Evaldo in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 37,507 people with the first name Evaldo, which ranks it number 704 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Evaldo a boy's or a girl's name?
Evaldo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 96 women and 37,411 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Evaldo?
Evaldo is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Evaldo most common?
Proportionally, in Piauí: 0.039% of the state's population is named Evaldo (1,284 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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