Meaning of the nameLorisvaldo
- Male
- Lo-ris-val-do
Lorisvaldo is a male Brazilian name whose ending -valdo comes from a Germanic formative, while the beginning Loris- coincides with an Italian name.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,303 people named Lorisvaldo, the 4,645th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 54, and the largest group was born in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Meaning
The meaning of Lorisvaldo 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)
- 2,303
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,645
- Median age
- 54 years
- 2010 Census
- 3,231
- people
Lorisvaldo in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Lorisvaldo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (646 people).
0 women 2,295 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 Lorisvaldo is most common
States with the highest share of people named Lorisvaldo in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.006%
- Goiás 0.002%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 911 | 0.006% |
| São Paulo | 414 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 274 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 131 | 0.002% |
| Espírito Santo | 84 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso | 68 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 66 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 53 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 49 | 0.000% |
| Maranhão | 44 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 37 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 30 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 27 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 20 | 0.000% |
| Santa Catarina | 18 | 0.000% |
| Pernambuco | 16 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Lorisvaldo
The ending -valdo belongs to the formative -aldo/-valdo, which the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes as of Germanic origin, with four possible explanations, such as walt/wald, 'the one who rules'. The beginning Loris- coincides with the Italian name Loris, a diminutive of Lorenzo according to Behind the Name, but the combination with -valdo has no documented derivation, and so the name as a whole has no documented meaning. The largest number of records is of people born in the 1960s, and almost all are male. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,303 people named Lorisvaldo, with a median age of 54.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Behind the Name: Loris · behindthename.com · origin
Questions about the name Lorisvaldo
What does the name Lorisvaldo mean?
The meaning of Lorisvaldo 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 Lorisvaldo in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,303 people with the first name Lorisvaldo, which ranks it number 4,645 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Lorisvaldo a boy's or a girl's name?
Lorisvaldo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,295 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Lorisvaldo most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.006% of the state's population is named Lorisvaldo (911 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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