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Meaning of the nameOldair

Oldair is a Brazilian male name ending in -air, with more than half of its records belonging to people born in the 1970s.

Meaning

The meaning of Oldair 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)
1,989
Rank in Brazil
#5,139
Median age
48 years
2010 Census
1,859
people

Oldair in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Oldair, 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 (1,066 people).

38 women 1,951 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 Oldair is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.002%
  3. Santa Catarina 0.002%
  4. Bahia 0.002%
  5. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Minas Gerais4360.002%
Rio Grande do Sul2650.002%
São Paulo2350.001%
Bahia2140.002%
Rio de Janeiro1810.001%
Santa Catarina1460.002%
Paraná980.001%
Espírito Santo770.002%
Goiás560.001%
Pará370.001%
Mato Grosso330.001%
Pernambuco320.000%
Distrito Federal240.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul230.001%
Rio Grande do Norte220.001%
Sergipe200.001%
Maranhão190.000%

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

About the name Oldair

The origin of the spelling Oldair is uncertain. It ends in -air, like Dejair, a name that the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil cites without giving an etymology for that element. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,989 people named Oldair, with a median age of 48. The records run from the 1950s to the 2000s, with a peak in the 1970s and almost nothing afterward. The name is almost always male. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Oldair

What does the name Oldair mean?

The meaning of Oldair 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 Oldair in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,989 people with the first name Oldair, which ranks it number 5,139 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Oldair is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 38 women and 1,951 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Oldair most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.002% of the state's population is named Oldair (265 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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