Meaning of the nameJocivaldo
- Male
- Jo-ci-val-do
Jocivaldo is a Brazilian male name ending in -valdo, a formative of Germanic origin; the meaning of the whole name is not known for certain.
Meaning
The meaning of Jocivaldo 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)
- 1,926
- Rank in Brazil
- #5,242
- Median age
- 40 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,280
- people
Jocivaldo in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Jocivaldo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (699 people).
0 women 1,921 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 Jocivaldo is most common
States with the highest share of people named Jocivaldo in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Pará | 474 | 0.006% |
| Bahia | 437 | 0.003% |
| Maranhão | 214 | 0.003% |
| São Paulo | 122 | 0.000% |
| Sergipe | 87 | 0.004% |
| Amazonas | 82 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 75 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 57 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 44 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 38 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 37 | 0.005% |
| Piauí | 35 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 27 | 0.001% |
| Roraima | 27 | 0.004% |
| Paraíba | 24 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 23 | 0.002% |
| Espírito Santo | 18 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 16 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 15 | 0.000% |
| Acre | 15 | 0.002% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Jocivaldo
The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records -valdo (with -aldo, -baldo and -naldo) as a masculine formative of Germanic origin, linked to "the one who rules", "strong", "bold" or "old", depending on the root. This ending appears in names such as Osvaldo, Elivaldo and Luzivaldo. The origin of the beginning Joci- is uncertain, and so the meaning of Jocivaldo as a whole is not known for certain. It is almost always a male name, for people born mostly in the 1970s and 1980s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,926 people named Jocivaldo, with a median age of 40.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Jocivaldo
What does the name Jocivaldo mean?
The meaning of Jocivaldo 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 Jocivaldo in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,926 people with the first name Jocivaldo, which ranks it number 5,242 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Jocivaldo a boy's or a girl's name?
Jocivaldo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,921 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Jocivaldo most common?
Proportionally, in Pará: 0.006% of the state's population is named Jocivaldo (474 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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