Meaning of the nameValderir
- Male
- Val-de-rir
Valderir is a Brazilian male name that recalls the Germanic element Vald-; the derivation of the name and its meaning are not known for certain.
Meaning
The meaning of Valderir 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)
- 1,472
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,351
- Median age
- 48 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,647
- people
Valderir in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Valderir, 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 (386 people).
30 women 1,442 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 Valderir is most common
States with the highest share of people named Valderir in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Ceará | 372 | 0.004% |
| Pará | 153 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 106 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 103 | 0.003% |
| Paraíba | 92 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 80 | 0.002% |
| São Paulo | 77 | 0.000% |
| Pernambuco | 57 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 42 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 40 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 39 | 0.000% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 39 | 0.000% |
| Paraná | 35 | 0.000% |
| Distrito Federal | 26 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 25 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 23 | 0.000% |
| Acre | 23 | 0.003% |
| Tocantins | 20 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 19 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 18 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 17 | 0.001% |
| Roraima | 17 | 0.003% |
| Santa Catarina | 16 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Valderir
The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records the element Vald- in male names such as Valderson and Valdeilson, linked to the Germanic etyma balths ("bold") or walt ("powerful"). The derivation of Valderir is not documented, and the ending -ir has no entry of its own, so the meaning of the name is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,472 people named Valderir, with a median age of 48; proportionally, it is most common in Ceará. The name is almost always male, and most of the people were born between 1960 and 1989.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Valderir
What does the name Valderir mean?
The meaning of Valderir 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 Valderir in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,472 people with the first name Valderir, which ranks it number 6,351 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Valderir a boy's or a girl's name?
Valderir is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 30 women and 1,442 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Valderir most common?
Proportionally, in Ceará: 0.004% of the state's population is named Valderir (372 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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