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Meaning of the nameValdenio

Valdenio is a Brazilian male name that begins with Vald-, an element that the Morfemário links to more than one Germanic etymon.

Meaning

The meaning of Valdenio 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)
1,268
Rank in Brazil
#7,061
Median age
41 years
2010 Census
1,537
people

Valdenio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Valdenio, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (392 people).

0 women 1,261 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 Valdenio is most common

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

  1. Pernambuco 0.005%
  2. Paraíba 0.003%
  3. Ceará 0.002%
  4. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pernambuco4610.005%
Ceará1800.002%
São Paulo1200.000%
Paraíba1110.003%
Minas Gerais630.000%
Bahia400.000%
Piauí370.001%
Rio de Janeiro320.000%
Alagoas320.001%
Sergipe300.001%
Rio Grande do Norte250.001%
Distrito Federal210.001%
Maranhão190.000%
Goiás180.000%

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

About the name Valdenio

The origin of Valdenio as a whole name is not known for certain. The Morfemário (morpheme list) of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes the element Vald-, found in names such as Valdemar and Valdinei, as having more than one possible Germanic origin: balths, 'bold', or walt, 'powerful'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,268 people named Valdenio, with a median age of 41; proportionally, it is most common in Pernambuco. It is an almost always male name, with more people born in the 1970s and 1980s.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Valdenio

What does the name Valdenio mean?

The meaning of Valdenio 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 Valdenio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,268 people with the first name Valdenio, which ranks it number 7,061 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Valdenio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,261 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Valdenio most common?

Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.005% of the state's population is named Valdenio (461 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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