Meaning of the nameValdenei
- Male
- Val-de-nei
Valdenei is a male name of a type created in Brazil with the ending -nei, like Valdinei, recorded mostly among people born from 1960 to 1989.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,608 people named Valdenei, the 5,971st most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 45, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.
Meaning
The meaning of Valdenei 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)
- 1,608
- Rank in Brazil
- #5,971
- Median age
- 45 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,573
- people
Valdenei in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Valdenei, 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 (526 people).
116 women 1,492 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 Valdenei is most common
States with the highest share of people named Valdenei in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Amazonas 0.006%
- Paraná 0.002%
- Santa Catarina 0.002%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
- Bahia 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 240 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 236 | 0.002% |
| Amazonas | 216 | 0.006% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 145 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 119 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 111 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 99 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 81 | 0.000% |
| Maranhão | 60 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 42 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 39 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 38 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 31 | 0.000% |
| Rondônia | 30 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 24 | 0.000% |
| Espírito Santo | 17 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Valdenei
Valdenei follows the pattern of male names ending in -nei, which the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil links to French Ney, a variant of German neu, 'new'; the dictionary analyzes Valdinei as Valdi- plus -nei. For the beginning Vald-, the same source records more than one attested Germanic origin, such as balths, 'bold', and walt, 'powerful', so the meaning of the whole name is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,608 people named Valdenei, with a median age of 45. Proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas. It is an almost always male name.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-nei, Vald-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Valdinei · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Valdenei
What does the name Valdenei mean?
The meaning of Valdenei 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 Valdenei in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,608 people with the first name Valdenei, which ranks it number 5,971 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Valdenei a boy's or a girl's name?
Valdenei is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 116 women and 1,492 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Valdenei most common?
Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.006% of the state's population is named Valdenei (216 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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