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Meaning of the nameNorivaldo

Norivaldo is a Brazilian male name whose ending -valdo comes from a Germanic element of disputed meaning, and whose beginning Nori- has no documented formation.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 998 people named Norivaldo, the 8,302nd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 59, and the largest group was born in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Minas Gerais.

Meaning

The meaning of Norivaldo 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)
998
Rank in Brazil
#8,302
Median age
59 years
2010 Census
1,141
people

Norivaldo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Norivaldo, 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 (331 people).

0 women 996 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 Norivaldo is most common

States with the highest share of people named Norivaldo in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  2. São Paulo 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo3770.001%
Minas Gerais2330.001%
Paraná760.001%
Santa Catarina510.001%
Rio de Janeiro440.000%
Goiás340.001%
Bahia310.000%
Rio Grande do Sul270.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul240.001%
Mato Grosso190.001%
Espírito Santo170.000%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Norivaldo

Norivaldo is a Brazilian male name. It ends in -valdo, an element of Germanic origin that the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil associates with proposed meanings such as 'ruler', 'strong' or 'bold'. The beginning Nori- has no documented formation, and so the meaning of the whole name is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 998 people named Norivaldo, with a median age of 59. It is almost always male and is concentrated in the 1950s and 1960s.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Norivaldo

What does the name Norivaldo mean?

The meaning of Norivaldo 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 Norivaldo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 998 people with the first name Norivaldo, which ranks it number 8,302 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Norivaldo a boy's or a girl's name?

Norivaldo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 996 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Norivaldo most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.001% of the state's population is named Norivaldo (233 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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