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Meaning of the nameValdemir

Valdemir is a masculine name used in Brazil, a Portuguese variant of Valdemar, a Germanic name linked to 'power' and 'famous'.

Meaning

“variant of Valdemar, a Germanic name: 'power' and 'famous' (Behind the Name) or 'bold horse' (Machado)”

Source: Behind the Name: Valdemir · Behind the Name: Waldemar · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Valdemar

People (2022)
67,491
Rank in Brazil
#455
Median age
49 years
2010 Census
76,232
people

Valdemir in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Valdemir, 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 (20,425 people).

476 women 67,015 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 Valdemir is most common

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

  1. Alagoas 0.056%
  2. Bahia 0.051%
  3. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.051%
  4. Pernambuco 0.048%
  5. Sergipe 0.046%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo16,2950.037%
Bahia7,1750.051%
Paraná5,0150.044%
Pernambuco4,3220.048%
Minas Gerais3,4390.017%
Rio de Janeiro3,1450.020%
Pará2,9330.036%
Maranhão2,7050.040%
Ceará2,2890.026%
Rio Grande do Sul2,2060.020%
Santa Catarina2,1980.029%
Goiás1,9640.028%
Alagoas1,7640.056%
Paraíba1,6780.042%
Mato Grosso1,6570.045%
Mato Grosso do Sul1,3980.051%
Amazonas1,1160.028%
Espírito Santo1,0290.027%
Sergipe1,0230.046%
Piauí9860.030%
Rondônia6810.043%
Rio Grande do Norte6450.020%
Distrito Federal5970.021%
Tocantins5790.038%
Acre3160.038%
Roraima1740.027%
Amapá1620.022%

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

About the name Valdemir

Behind the Name treats Valdemir as a Portuguese variant of Valdemar, the Scandinavian form of Waldemar, which joins the Old German elements walt, 'power, authority', and mari, 'famous'. For Valdemar, Soledade's dictionary cites another reading, from Machado (1981): from the Germanic balths, 'bold', and mahra, 'horse', that is, 'bold horse'. The ending -mir also appears in Valmir and Valdomiro, and Soledade's morpheme list links this formative, in those names, to the Germanic mir, 'renowned, illustrious'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 67,491 people named Valdemir, with the largest group born in the 1970s.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Valdemir · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Valdemar · behindthename.com · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Waldemar · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Valdemar · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  5. Morfemário do Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: -mir · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Valdemir

What does the name Valdemir mean?

Valdemir means “variant of Valdemar, a Germanic name: 'power' and 'famous' (Behind the Name) or 'bold horse' (Machado)”, according to Behind the Name and Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

How many people are named Valdemir in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 67,491 people with the first name Valdemir, which ranks it number 455 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Valdemir is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 476 women and 67,015 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Valdemir?

Valdemir is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Valdemir most common?

Proportionally, in Alagoas: 0.056% of the state's population is named Valdemir (1,764 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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