Meaning of the nameGenaldo
- Male
- Ge-nal-do
Genaldo is a Brazilian masculine name ending in -aldo, an element of many masculine names; the origin of the beginning Gen- and the meaning of the name are uncertain.
Meaning
The meaning of Genaldo 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)
- 2,277
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,685
- Median age
- 50 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,562
- people
Genaldo in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Genaldo, 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 (614 people).
0 women 2,274 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 Genaldo is most common
States with the highest share of people named Genaldo in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Sergipe 0.010%
- Alagoas 0.007%
- Paraíba 0.003%
- Pernambuco 0.002%
- Bahia 0.002%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 338 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 264 | 0.002% |
| Alagoas | 223 | 0.007% |
| Pernambuco | 219 | 0.002% |
| Sergipe | 217 | 0.010% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 202 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 133 | 0.003% |
| Pará | 87 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 75 | 0.000% |
| Ceará | 72 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 65 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 61 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 49 | 0.002% |
| Espírito Santo | 44 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 42 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 35 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 28 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 28 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 22 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 20 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 17 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 15 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Genaldo
The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) groups -aldo, -baldo, -naldo and -valdo together and proposes several Germanic origins for them, among them walt/wald ('the one who rules'), hard/hart ('strong') and bald ('bold, daring'); the formative appears in Brazilian names such as Zenaldo and Rosinaldo. The origin of Gen- is uncertain, so Genaldo has no known meaning. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,277 people named Genaldo, almost always men and mostly born between 1960 and 1989. Proportionally, it is most common in Sergipe.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Genaldo
What does the name Genaldo mean?
The meaning of Genaldo 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 Genaldo in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,277 people with the first name Genaldo, which ranks it number 4,685 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Genaldo a boy's or a girl's name?
Genaldo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,274 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Genaldo most common?
Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.010% of the state's population is named Genaldo (217 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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