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Meaning of the nameValdeilson

Valdeilson is a male name of Brazilian formation that begins with Val- and ends in -ilson; the name as a whole has an uncertain origin.

Meaning

The meaning of Valdeilson 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)
1,808
Rank in Brazil
#5,493
Median age
30 years
2010 Census
2,123
people

Valdeilson in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Valdeilson, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (599 people).

0 women 1,803 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 Valdeilson is most common

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

  1. Maranhão 0.007%
  2. Pará 0.002%
  3. Pernambuco 0.001%
  4. Bahia 0.001%
  5. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Maranhão4720.007%
Pará1750.002%
Bahia1690.001%
São Paulo1390.000%
Pernambuco1300.001%
Paraíba770.002%
Amazonas730.002%
Sergipe600.003%
Rio Grande do Norte590.002%
Minas Gerais580.000%
Goiás470.001%
Piauí450.001%
Alagoas420.001%
Ceará390.000%
Mato Grosso300.001%
Rio de Janeiro280.000%
Roraima260.004%
Tocantins250.002%
Espírito Santo200.001%
Distrito Federal180.001%
Paraná150.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul150.001%
Rondônia150.001%
Acre150.002%

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

About the name Valdeilson

The Morphemary of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes Val- as perhaps a shortening of names such as Valdemar, and -ilson as a probable shortening of Nilson and Wilson, patronymics from English ('son of'). The dictionary analyzes the similar name Valderson as Vald- + -erson. The origin of Valdeilson as a whole is uncertain, so the meaning is not known. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,808 people named Valdeilson, with a median age of 30; proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão. Most people were born between 1980 and 2009, and the name is almost always male.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (VAL-, -ILSON) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Valderson · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Valdeilson

What does the name Valdeilson mean?

The meaning of Valdeilson 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 Valdeilson in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,808 people with the first name Valdeilson, which ranks it number 5,493 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Valdeilson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,803 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Valdeilson most common?

Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.007% of the state's population is named Valdeilson (472 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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