Meaning of the nameValderlei
- Male
- Val-der-lei
Valderlei is a male Brazilian name ending in -derlei, a formative that the Morfemário links to the given name Vanderley.
Meaning
The meaning of Valderlei 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)
- 1,526
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,179
- Median age
- 49 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,276
- people
Valderlei in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Valderlei, 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 (564 people).
43 women 1,483 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 Valderlei is most common
States with the highest share of people named Valderlei in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Santa Catarina 0.002%
- Paraná 0.002%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
- São Paulo 0.001%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 400 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 235 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 174 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 164 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 112 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 81 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 47 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 45 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 40 | 0.000% |
| Pará | 40 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 35 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 29 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 24 | 0.002% |
| Espírito Santo | 16 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Valderlei
The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records -derlei as a formative certainly taken from the given name Vanderley, which comes from Dutch von der Ley, 'of the slates'. The origin of Valderlei as a whole name is uncertain, and the meaning is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,526 people named Valderlei, with a median age of 49. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina. Most were born in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, peaking in the 1970s, and the name is almost always male.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Valderlei
What does the name Valderlei mean?
The meaning of Valderlei 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 Valderlei in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,526 people with the first name Valderlei, which ranks it number 6,179 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Valderlei a boy's or a girl's name?
Valderlei is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 43 women and 1,483 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Valderlei most common?
Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.002% of the state's population is named Valderlei (164 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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