Meaning of the nameRosivaldo

Rosivaldo is a Brazilian male name formed from Rosi-, taken from Rosa and Rose, and the Germanic-origin ending -valdo, as in Osvaldo and Nivaldo.

Meaning

The meaning of Rosivaldo 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): 16,236
Rank in Brazil: #1,224
Median age: 44 years
2010 Census: 18,445; people

Rosivaldo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Rosivaldo, 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 (5,626 people).

54 women 16,182 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 Rosivaldo is most common

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

Amapá 0.061%
Pará 0.054%
Alagoas 0.028%
Amazonas 0.021%
Pernambuco 0.016%

All states

State	People	% of population
Pará	4,341	0.054%
Bahia	1,906	0.014%
São Paulo	1,698	0.004%
Pernambuco	1,405	0.016%
Alagoas	867	0.028%
Amazonas	837	0.021%
Maranhão	665	0.010%
Minas Gerais	506	0.003%
Amapá	449	0.061%
Paraíba	373	0.009%
Rio de Janeiro	365	0.002%
Goiás	348	0.005%
Sergipe	321	0.015%
Paraná	318	0.003%
Mato Grosso	304	0.008%
Rondônia	244	0.015%
Espírito Santo	197	0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte	165	0.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul	165	0.006%
Tocantins	132	0.009%
Distrito Federal	129	0.005%
Santa Catarina	128	0.002%
Ceará	117	0.001%
Piauí	104	0.003%
Roraima	90	0.014%
Acre	39	0.005%
Rio Grande do Sul	23	0.000%

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

About the name Rosivaldo

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) documents both elements of the name. Rosi- is a fragment of given names such as Rosa and Rose, both from the Latin rosae, 'rose'. The ending -valdo is masculine and has several proposed Germanic origins, among them walt/wald, 'one who rules'; it appears in Osvaldo, Arnaldo and Nivaldo. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 16,236 people named Rosivaldo, with a median age of 44, almost always men and mostly born between the 1960s and the 1980s. Rozivaldo appears as a spelling variant.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Rosi-, -valdo) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Rosivaldo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Rosivaldo

What does the name Rosivaldo mean?

The meaning of Rosivaldo 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 Rosivaldo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 16,236 people with the first name Rosivaldo, which ranks it number 1,224 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Rosivaldo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 54 women and 16,182 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Rosivaldo?

Rosivaldo is a name of Latin and Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Rosivaldo most common?

Proportionally, in Amapá: 0.061% of the state's population is named Rosivaldo (449 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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