Meaning of the nameRosalvo
- Male
- Ro-sal-vo
Rosalvo is a masculine name of long-standing use in Brazil, which the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil includes among the names with the element Rosa-.
Meaning
The meaning of Rosalvo 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)
- 8,239
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,949
- Median age
- 60 years
- 2010 Census
- 11,222
- people
Rosalvo in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Rosalvo, 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 (1,870 people).
37 women 8,202 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 Rosalvo is most common
States with the highest share of people named Rosalvo in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.019%
- Sergipe 0.010%
- Alagoas 0.008%
- Mato Grosso 0.006%
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.004%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 2,729 | 0.019% |
| São Paulo | 1,430 | 0.003% |
| Minas Gerais | 747 | 0.004% |
| Paraná | 447 | 0.004% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 349 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 259 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 258 | 0.003% |
| Alagoas | 245 | 0.008% |
| Mato Grosso | 235 | 0.006% |
| Sergipe | 227 | 0.010% |
| Goiás | 191 | 0.003% |
| Santa Catarina | 169 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 153 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 119 | 0.004% |
| Espírito Santo | 114 | 0.003% |
| Paraíba | 77 | 0.002% |
| Distrito Federal | 76 | 0.003% |
| Rondônia | 73 | 0.005% |
| Ceará | 70 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 58 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 49 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 49 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 45 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 31 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 21 | 0.003% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Rosalvo
The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Rosalvo among the traditional given names with the element Rosa-, taken from names such as Rosa and Rose, from Latin rosa. The origin of the ending -alvo is not known with certainty. The same dictionary records Rozalvo as a spelling variant. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 8,239 people named Rosalvo, with a median age of 60. The name is almost always male, has most of its records among people born in the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and is proportionally most common in Bahia.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Rosalvo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Rosa-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Wikcionário: Rosalvo · pt.wiktionary.org · spelling
Questions about the name Rosalvo
What does the name Rosalvo mean?
The meaning of Rosalvo 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 Rosalvo in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 8,239 people with the first name Rosalvo, which ranks it number 1,949 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.
Is Rosalvo a boy's or a girl's name?
Rosalvo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 37 women and 8,202 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Rosalvo most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.019% of the state's population is named Rosalvo (2,729 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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