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Meaning of the nameValdenice

Valdenice is a Brazilian female name of uncertain origin that begins with Vald-, an element found in names such as Valdinei and Valderson.

Meaning

The meaning of Valdenice 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)
19,046
Rank in Brazil
#1,099
Median age
48 years
2010 Census
20,774
people

Valdenice in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Valdenice, 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 (5,916 people).

18,801 women 245 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 Valdenice is most common

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

  1. Sergipe 0.028%
  2. Alagoas 0.024%
  3. Pernambuco 0.024%
  4. Bahia 0.020%
  5. Paraíba 0.013%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo4,1900.009%
Bahia2,8650.020%
Pernambuco2,1500.024%
Minas Gerais1,0810.005%
Pará8310.010%
Paraná7810.007%
Maranhão7790.012%
Alagoas7550.024%
Sergipe6230.028%
Goiás6120.009%
Ceará6110.007%
Rio de Janeiro5900.004%
Paraíba5200.013%
Amazonas4280.011%
Mato Grosso3880.011%
Piauí3670.011%
Mato Grosso do Sul3090.011%
Distrito Federal2640.009%
Rio Grande do Norte1850.006%
Rondônia1490.009%
Tocantins1340.009%
Santa Catarina1190.002%
Espírito Santo960.003%
Amapá750.010%
Rio Grande do Sul660.001%
Roraima510.008%
Acre270.003%

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

About the name Valdenice

The origin and meaning of Valdenice are not known for certain. The morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records the element Valdo-/Vald- in Brazilian names such as Valdinei and Valderson and says that more than one etymological origin has been attested for it, one of them the Germanic balths, 'bold'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 19,046 people named Valdenice, most of them born in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Proportionally, the name is most common in Sergipe, and it is almost always female.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Valdenice

What does the name Valdenice mean?

The meaning of Valdenice 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 Valdenice in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 19,046 people with the first name Valdenice, which ranks it number 1,099 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Valdenice is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 18,801 women and 245 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Valdenice most common?

Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.028% of the state's population is named Valdenice (623 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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