Meaning of the nameOrisvaldo

Male
Germanic origin
O-ris-val-do

Orisvaldo combines the beginning Oris- with the Germanic ending -valdo, and the sense of the whole is not known for certain.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,690 people named Orisvaldo, the 5,762nd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 51, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

Meaning

The meaning of Orisvaldo 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): 1,690
Rank in Brazil: #5,762
Median age: 51 years
2010 Census: 1,963; people

Orisvaldo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Orisvaldo, 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 (467 people).

0 women 1,685 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 Orisvaldo is most common

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

Pará 0.003%
Maranhão 0.003%
Bahia 0.002%
São Paulo 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	253	0.002%
São Paulo	239	0.001%
Pará	222	0.003%
Maranhão	175	0.003%
Goiás	98	0.001%
Minas Gerais	95	0.001%
Piauí	74	0.002%
Pernambuco	68	0.001%
Ceará	50	0.001%
Paraná	48	0.000%
Mato Grosso	43	0.001%
Amazonas	40	0.001%
Santa Catarina	35	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	33	0.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul	28	0.001%
Distrito Federal	27	0.001%
Tocantins	25	0.002%
Rondônia	24	0.002%
Espírito Santo	21	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	18	0.000%
Paraíba	15	0.000%

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

About the name Orisvaldo

Orisvaldo ends in -valdo, which the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records as a formative of Germanic origin, with proposed roots such as walt/wald, 'one who rules', hard/hart, 'strong', and balths or bald, 'bold, daring'. The origin of Oris- is uncertain, so the meaning of the whole name is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,690 people named Orisvaldo, with a median age of 51.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Orisvaldo

What does the name Orisvaldo mean?

The meaning of Orisvaldo 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 Orisvaldo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,690 people with the first name Orisvaldo, which ranks it number 5,762 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Orisvaldo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,685 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Orisvaldo?

Orisvaldo is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Orisvaldo most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.003% of the state's population is named Orisvaldo (222 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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