Meaning of the nameValdecio
- Male
- Val-de-ci-o
Valdecio is a Brazilian male name that begins with Vald- and ends in -cio, recorded mostly among people born from 1960 to 1989.
Meaning
The meaning of Valdecio is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 1,492
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,289
- Median age
- 47 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,791
- people
Valdecio in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Valdecio, 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 (416 people).
0 women 1,486 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 Valdecio is most common
States with the highest share of people named Valdecio in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.005%
- Ceará 0.003%
- Pernambuco 0.002%
- Bahia 0.001%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Ceará | 246 | 0.003% |
| São Paulo | 217 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 161 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 153 | 0.005% |
| Bahia | 138 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 137 | 0.002% |
| Paraíba | 60 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 57 | 0.000% |
| Piauí | 47 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 38 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 37 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 29 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 24 | 0.000% |
| Sergipe | 23 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 21 | 0.000% |
| Espírito Santo | 21 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 21 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 16 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Valdecio
The origin of the spelling Valdecio is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,492 people named Valdecio, with a median age of 47. The beginning Vald- resembles a name element that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil associates with more than one Germanic origin, among them balths, 'bold', and walt, 'powerful'; the origin of the ending -cio is uncertain. Most of the records are of people born from 1960 to 1989, and the name is almost always male. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Norte.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Vald-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Valdecio
What does the name Valdecio mean?
The meaning of Valdecio is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Valdecio in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,492 people with the first name Valdecio, which ranks it number 6,289 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Valdecio a boy's or a girl's name?
Valdecio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,486 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Valdecio most common?
Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Norte: 0.005% of the state's population is named Valdecio (153 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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