Meaning of the nameValdemiro

Male
Germanic origin
Val-de-mi-ro

Valdemiro is a male name made of Germanic elements, equivalent to Waldemar and Vladimir, whose exact sense is not settled with certainty.

Meaning

The meaning of Valdemiro 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): 9,581
Rank in Brazil: #1,774
Median age: 60 years
2010 Census: 10,578; people

Valdemiro in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Valdemiro, 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 (2,375 people).

30 women 9,551 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 Valdemiro is most common

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

Santa Catarina 0.016%
Espírito Santo 0.012%
Bahia 0.009%
Rondônia 0.008%
Pernambuco 0.007%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	1,234	0.009%
Santa Catarina	1,201	0.016%
São Paulo	970	0.002%
Minas Gerais	833	0.004%
Pernambuco	662	0.007%
Paraná	641	0.006%
Rio de Janeiro	628	0.004%
Espírito Santo	468	0.012%
Ceará	436	0.005%
Rio Grande do Sul	367	0.003%
Maranhão	300	0.004%
Paraíba	242	0.006%
Goiás	237	0.003%
Rio Grande do Norte	180	0.006%
Mato Grosso	155	0.004%
Amazonas	152	0.004%
Pará	149	0.002%
Piauí	146	0.005%
Rondônia	127	0.008%
Distrito Federal	112	0.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul	88	0.003%
Tocantins	71	0.005%
Alagoas	51	0.002%
Sergipe	50	0.002%
Acre	33	0.004%
Roraima	27	0.004%
Amapá	21	0.003%

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

About the name Valdemiro

Wiktionary lists Valdemiro as a name equivalent to Waldemar and to Vladimir. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) cites Valdemiro as an example of the formative Vald- coming from Germanic balths, 'bold', and notes that the same formative is also linked to walt, 'powerful'. The ending -miro may come from Germanic mir, 'famous, illustrious', but the work points to at least three possible sources for it. It is an old name in Brazil, with people born before 1940 and the largest number of records in the 1960s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 9,581 people named Valdemiro, with a median age of 60.

Sources

Wiktionary: Valdemiro · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Valdemiro

What does the name Valdemiro mean?

The meaning of Valdemiro 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 Valdemiro in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 9,581 people with the first name Valdemiro, which ranks it number 1,774 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Valdemiro is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 30 women and 9,551 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Valdemiro?

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

In which Brazilian state is Valdemiro most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.016% of the state's population is named Valdemiro (1,201 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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