Meaning of the nameJosenaldo
- Male
- Jo-se-nal-do
Josenaldo is a Brazilian masculine name that joins José to the Germanic formative -naldo; no meaning can be inferred from the combination.
Meaning
The meaning of Josenaldo 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)
- 3,614
- Rank in Brazil
- #3,427
- Median age
- 45 years
- 2010 Census
- 3,737
- people
Josenaldo in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Josenaldo, 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 (1,247 people).
0 women 3,603 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 Josenaldo is most common
States with the highest share of people named Josenaldo in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Paraíba 0.010%
- Sergipe 0.008%
- Pernambuco 0.006%
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.006%
- Bahia 0.005%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 764 | 0.005% |
| São Paulo | 550 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 541 | 0.006% |
| Paraíba | 378 | 0.010% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 215 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 181 | 0.006% |
| Sergipe | 178 | 0.008% |
| Maranhão | 174 | 0.003% |
| Alagoas | 145 | 0.005% |
| Pará | 92 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 64 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 57 | 0.000% |
| Distrito Federal | 33 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 31 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 30 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 27 | 0.000% |
| Paraná | 25 | 0.000% |
| Ceará | 25 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 23 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 23 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Josenaldo
A Pesquisa FAPESP article cites Josenaldo as an example of a name in which José, of Hebrew origin, is joined to -naldo, a formative of Germanic origin, without any meaning being inferable. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) gives for -naldo, as in -aldo, -baldo and -valdo, Germanic hypotheses such as walt/wald, 'the one who rules', and hard/hart, 'strong'; in the Dicionário, Josenilda has the formation Jose- + -nilda. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,614 people named Josenaldo, with a median age of 45; proportionally, it is most common in Paraíba. Most were born in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and the name is almost always male.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Pesquisa FAPESP: nomes próprios e onomástica · revistapesquisa.fapesp.br · usage
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Josenilda · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Josenaldo
What does the name Josenaldo mean?
The meaning of Josenaldo 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 Josenaldo in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,614 people with the first name Josenaldo, which ranks it number 3,427 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Josenaldo a boy's or a girl's name?
Josenaldo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 3,603 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Josenaldo most common?
Proportionally, in Paraíba: 0.010% of the state's population is named Josenaldo (378 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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