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Meaning of the nameValdecira

Valdecira is a feminine name beginning with Valde-, similar to Valdemar, and its origin and meaning are not known for certain.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,454 people named Valdecira, the 6,402nd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 55, and the largest group was born in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pernambuco.

Meaning

The meaning of Valdecira 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)
1,454
Rank in Brazil
#6,402
Median age
55 years
2010 Census
1,532
people

Valdecira in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Valdecira, 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 (483 people).

1,448 women 0 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 Valdecira is most common

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

  1. Pernambuco 0.001%
  2. Pará 0.001%
  3. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
  4. Bahia 0.001%
  5. São Paulo 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo2430.001%
Rio de Janeiro1410.001%
Pernambuco1310.001%
Bahia1050.001%
Pará1010.001%
Paraíba880.002%
Amazonas780.002%
Paraná760.001%
Minas Gerais690.000%
Ceará540.001%
Rio Grande do Norte540.002%
Maranhão480.001%
Rio Grande do Sul380.000%
Santa Catarina320.000%
Goiás300.000%
Mato Grosso250.001%
Espírito Santo210.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul170.001%
Rondônia170.001%
Distrito Federal150.001%
Amapá150.002%

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

About the name Valdecira

The origin of the spelling Valdecira is uncertain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil considers Val- perhaps a fragment of names such as Valdemar, but does not document how the whole name was formed. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,454 people named Valdecira, with a median age of 55. It is almost always a feminine name, concentrated among people born from 1950 to 1970.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Valdecira

What does the name Valdecira mean?

The meaning of Valdecira 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 Valdecira in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,454 people with the first name Valdecira, which ranks it number 6,402 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Valdecira is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,448 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Valdecira most common?

Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.001% of the state's population is named Valdecira (131 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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