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Meaning of the nameSinvaldo

Sinvaldo is a Brazilian masculine name whose ending, -valdo, the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil links to Germanic elements such as walt/wald.

Meaning

The meaning of Sinvaldo 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)
3,424
Rank in Brazil
#3,552
Median age
55 years
2010 Census
4,267
people

Sinvaldo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Sinvaldo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (987 people).

0 women 3,417 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 Sinvaldo is most common

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

  1. Bahia 0.006%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.004%
  3. Goiás 0.004%
  4. Espírito Santo 0.003%
  5. Mato Grosso 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Minas Gerais8710.004%
Bahia8120.006%
São Paulo7210.002%
Goiás2560.004%
Espírito Santo1140.003%
Mato Grosso1100.003%
Paraná890.001%
Pará610.001%
Distrito Federal460.002%
Rondônia450.003%
Rio de Janeiro390.000%
Pernambuco350.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul320.001%
Paraíba280.001%
Alagoas270.001%
Piauí250.001%
Maranhão230.000%
Sergipe210.001%
Tocantins160.001%

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

About the name Sinvaldo

The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) groups -aldo, -baldo, -naldo and -valdo as endings of Germanic origin and proposes several sources, among them walt/wald, which the dictionary glosses as 'the one who rules'. The origin of the beginning Sin- is uncertain, and the meaning of the whole name is not documented. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,424 people named Sinvaldo, almost always men and mostly born between 1950 and 1979. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Sinvaldo

What does the name Sinvaldo mean?

The meaning of Sinvaldo 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 Sinvaldo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,424 people with the first name Sinvaldo, which ranks it number 3,552 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Sinvaldo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 3,417 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Sinvaldo most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.006% of the state's population is named Sinvaldo (812 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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