Meaning of the nameFlorival
- Male
- Flo-ri-val
Florival is a Brazilian male name of uncertain origin that ends in -val and is listed among the traditional names with this ending in the Brazilian names dictionary.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 791 people named Florival, the 9,753rd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 64, and the largest group was born in the 1950s. Proportionally, it is most common in São Paulo.
Meaning
The meaning of Florival 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)
- 791
- Rank in Brazil
- #9,753
- Median age
- 64 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,053
- people
Florival in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Florival, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (206 people).
0 women 788 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 Florival is most common
States with the highest share of people named Florival in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- São Paulo 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 330 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 68 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 63 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 53 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 52 | 0.000% |
| Pará | 31 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 31 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 28 | 0.000% |
| Alagoas | 26 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 21 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Florival
The origin of Florival is uncertain. In the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), -val is a formative of uncertain origin, perhaps a fragment taken from names such as Durval and Lourival, and Florival appears among the traditional names with this ending. The name is almost always male and appears among people born from before 1940 through the 1980s, mostly between 1940 and 1969. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 791 people named Florival, with a median age of 64. Proportionally, it is most common in São Paulo.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Florival · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-val) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Florival
What does the name Florival mean?
The meaning of Florival 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 Florival in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 791 people with the first name Florival, which ranks it number 9,753 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.
Is Florival a boy's or a girl's name?
Florival is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 788 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Florival most common?
Proportionally, in São Paulo: 0.001% of the state's population is named Florival (330 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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