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Meaning of the nameValdenira

Valdenira is a Brazilian female name beginning with Vald-, an element of Germanic origin, and its meaning as a whole is not documented.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,234 people named Valdenira, the 3,688th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 48, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.

Meaning

The meaning of Valdenira 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)
3,234
Rank in Brazil
#3,688
Median age
48 years
2010 Census
3,617
people

Valdenira in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Valdenira, 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 (1,061 people).

3,210 women 24 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 Valdenira is most common

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

  1. Amazonas 0.005%
  2. Ceará 0.005%
  3. Maranhão 0.005%
  4. Pará 0.005%
  5. Piauí 0.004%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Ceará4350.005%
Pará3800.005%
Maranhão3260.005%
São Paulo3030.001%
Amazonas2100.005%
Bahia1480.001%
Rio de Janeiro1310.001%
Pernambuco1300.001%
Piauí1260.004%
Paraíba1180.003%
Rio Grande do Norte1070.003%
Rio Grande do Sul940.001%
Goiás940.001%
Paraná850.001%
Sergipe840.004%
Minas Gerais600.000%
Distrito Federal510.002%
Mato Grosso500.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul420.002%
Rondônia420.003%
Espírito Santo380.001%
Alagoas380.001%
Santa Catarina350.001%
Amapá340.005%
Tocantins320.002%
Acre250.003%
Roraima160.003%

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

About the name Valdenira

The morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) explains the element Vald- with more than one Germanic origin: balths, 'bold', or walt, 'powerful'. The formation of Valdenira as a whole is not documented, so the name has no assigned meaning. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,234 people named Valdenira, with a median age of 48; proportionally, the name is most common in Amazonas. It is an almost always female name. Valdenira is the only spelling in this group.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Valdenira

What does the name Valdenira mean?

The meaning of Valdenira 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 Valdenira in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,234 people with the first name Valdenira, which ranks it number 3,688 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Valdenira is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 3,210 women and 24 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Valdenira most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.005% of the state's population is named Valdenira (210 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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