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Meaning of the nameOsvaldo

Osvaldo is a male name of Germanic origin, from Late Latin Osvaldus, with elements meaning 'god' and 'powerful'.

Meaning

“'god' and 'powerful', from the elements os and weald”

Source: Wiktionary: Osvaldo · Behind the Name: Oswald · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Osvaldo

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People (2022)
109,513
Rank in Brazil
#301
Median age
62 years
2010 Census
147,308
people

Osvaldo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Osvaldo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (28,189 people).

261 women 109,252 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 Osvaldo is most common

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

  1. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.083%
  2. Paraná 0.083%
  3. Bahia 0.078%
  4. São Paulo 0.075%
  5. Mato Grosso 0.068%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo33,3380.075%
Minas Gerais12,1550.059%
Bahia11,0320.078%
Paraná9,5010.083%
Rio de Janeiro5,0120.031%
Rio Grande do Sul4,4480.041%
Pará4,1920.052%
Goiás4,1890.059%
Santa Catarina4,1560.055%
Mato Grosso2,4820.068%
Maranhão2,3910.035%
Mato Grosso do Sul2,2990.083%
Pernambuco2,2450.025%
Ceará1,7340.020%
Espírito Santo1,4490.038%
Piauí1,4310.044%
Amazonas1,1560.029%
Rondônia9830.062%
Distrito Federal9640.034%
Tocantins8530.056%
Sergipe7820.035%
Paraíba7170.018%
Alagoas6910.022%
Rio Grande do Norte5290.016%
Amapá3020.041%
Acre2630.032%
Roraima2190.034%

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

About the name Osvaldo

Wiktionary derives Osvaldo from Late Latin Osvaldus, from Proto-Germanic *Ansuwaldaz. Behind the Name, in the entry Oswald, gives the Old English elements os, 'god', and weald, 'powerful', and lists Osvaldo and Oswaldo as Portuguese forms. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil cites Machado (1981): from French Osvald, of Germanic origin, with Os-, the name of a god in Germanic mythology, and Walt, 'strength'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 109,513 people named Osvaldo, with a median age of 62.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Osvaldo · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Oswald · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Osvaldo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning

Questions about the name Osvaldo

What does the name Osvaldo mean?

Osvaldo means “'god' and 'powerful', from the elements os and weald”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Osvaldo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 109,513 people with the first name Osvaldo, which ranks it number 301 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Osvaldo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 261 women and 109,252 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Osvaldo?

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

In which Brazilian state is Osvaldo most common?

Proportionally, in Mato Grosso do Sul: 0.083% of the state's population is named Osvaldo (2,299 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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