Meaning of the nameIvaldo
- Male
- I-val-do
Ivaldo is a male Brazilian name ending in -valdo, an ending of possible Germanic origins, and the origin of the name as a whole is uncertain.
Meaning
The meaning of Ivaldo is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 13,921
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,359
- Median age
- 51 years
- 2010 Census
- 15,879
- people
Ivaldo in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Ivaldo, 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 (3,526 people).
47 women 13,874 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 Ivaldo is most common
States with the highest share of people named Ivaldo in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Maranhão 0.031%
- Pernambuco 0.027%
- Alagoas 0.017%
- Pará 0.016%
- Paraíba 0.012%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Pernambuco | 2,398 | 0.027% |
| Maranhão | 2,126 | 0.031% |
| São Paulo | 1,879 | 0.004% |
| Pará | 1,299 | 0.016% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 621 | 0.004% |
| Bahia | 610 | 0.004% |
| Minas Gerais | 596 | 0.003% |
| Alagoas | 522 | 0.017% |
| Paraíba | 482 | 0.012% |
| Paraná | 453 | 0.004% |
| Goiás | 330 | 0.005% |
| Piauí | 328 | 0.010% |
| Santa Catarina | 321 | 0.004% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 279 | 0.003% |
| Ceará | 196 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso | 195 | 0.005% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 194 | 0.006% |
| Distrito Federal | 186 | 0.007% |
| Amazonas | 179 | 0.005% |
| Sergipe | 140 | 0.006% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 134 | 0.005% |
| Espírito Santo | 102 | 0.003% |
| Amapá | 91 | 0.012% |
| Tocantins | 90 | 0.006% |
| Rondônia | 81 | 0.005% |
| Roraima | 77 | 0.012% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Ivaldo
Ivaldo ends in -valdo, an element that the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil groups with -aldo, -baldo and -naldo and links to traditional names such as Evaldo, Osvaldo and Reginaldo. For this ending, the dictionary points to several possible Germanic origins, among them walt or wald, 'one who rules', and hard, 'strong'. The origin of the beginning Iv- and of the name as a whole is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 13,921 people named Ivaldo, with a median age of 51; proportionally, the name is most common in Maranhão.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-aldo, -valdo) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Ivaldo
What does the name Ivaldo mean?
The meaning of Ivaldo is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Ivaldo in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 13,921 people with the first name Ivaldo, which ranks it number 1,359 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Ivaldo a boy's or a girl's name?
Ivaldo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 47 women and 13,874 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Ivaldo most common?
Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.031% of the state's population is named Ivaldo (2,126 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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