Meaning of the nameRonivaldo
- Male
- Ro-ni-val-do
Ronivaldo is a Brazilian male name of uncertain origin, whose ending -valdo also appears in Aguinaldo and Osvaldo, and which is concentrated among people born in the 1970s and 1980s.
Meaning
The meaning of Ronivaldo 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)
- 7,893
- Rank in Brazil
- #2,000
- Median age
- 41 years
- 2010 Census
- 8,870
- people
Ronivaldo in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Ronivaldo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (2,724 people).
23 women 7,870 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 Ronivaldo is most common
States with the highest share of people named Ronivaldo in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Pará 0.011%
- Mato Grosso 0.009%
- Bahia 0.009%
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.008%
- Rondônia 0.008%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 1,275 | 0.003% |
| Bahia | 1,214 | 0.009% |
| Minas Gerais | 1,148 | 0.006% |
| Pará | 852 | 0.011% |
| Goiás | 495 | 0.007% |
| Mato Grosso | 328 | 0.009% |
| Maranhão | 313 | 0.005% |
| Paraná | 256 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 221 | 0.008% |
| Espírito Santo | 205 | 0.005% |
| Pernambuco | 166 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 165 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 144 | 0.004% |
| Santa Catarina | 136 | 0.002% |
| Rondônia | 120 | 0.008% |
| Piauí | 118 | 0.004% |
| Distrito Federal | 108 | 0.004% |
| Tocantins | 100 | 0.007% |
| Sergipe | 94 | 0.004% |
| Alagoas | 90 | 0.003% |
| Amapá | 85 | 0.012% |
| Paraíba | 58 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 57 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 55 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 52 | 0.002% |
| Roraima | 26 | 0.004% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Ronivaldo
The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil links the ending -valdo, together with -aldo, -baldo and -naldo, to more than one Germanic origin, such as walt, "the one who rules", and balths or bald, "bold, daring", without settling on a single one. The origin of the beginning Roni- is uncertain, and so the meaning of the whole name is too. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 7,893 people named Ronivaldo, almost always male. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ALDO, -VALDO) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ronivaldo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Ronivaldo
What does the name Ronivaldo mean?
The meaning of Ronivaldo 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 Ronivaldo in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 7,893 people with the first name Ronivaldo, which ranks it number 2,000 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Ronivaldo a boy's or a girl's name?
Ronivaldo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 23 women and 7,870 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Ronivaldo most common?
Proportionally, in Pará: 0.011% of the state's population is named Ronivaldo (852 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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