Meaning of the nameValdevina
- Female
- Val-de-vi-na
Valdevina is a feminine Brazilian name of modern formation, beginning with Vald-; the meaning of the whole is uncertain.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,309 people named Valdevina, the 6,903rd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 64, and the largest group was born in the 1950s. Proportionally, it is most common in Paraná.
Meaning
The meaning of Valdevina 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)
- 1,309
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,903
- Median age
- 64 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,415
- people
Valdevina in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Valdevina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (373 people).
1,294 women 0 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 Valdevina is most common
States with the highest share of people named Valdevina in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Paraná 0.002%
- Santa Catarina 0.002%
- São Paulo 0.001%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 394 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 251 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 142 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 111 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso | 80 | 0.002% |
| Bahia | 59 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 58 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 49 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 36 | 0.000% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 34 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Valdevina
The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil describes the beginning Vald- as having more than one possible origin: Germanic balths ('bold'), Germanic walt ('powerful') or, according to scholars cited by Machado for Valdemar, Gothic waldan ('to rule'). It lists Valderson, Valdeilson and Valdinei among the Brazilian names with this beginning. The meaning of Valdevina as a whole is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,309 people named Valdevina, with a median age of 64. The name is almost always female, the 1950s and 1960s account for the largest number of births, with no one born after the 1980s, and, proportionally, it is most common in Paraná.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Valdevina
What does the name Valdevina mean?
The meaning of Valdevina 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 Valdevina in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,309 people with the first name Valdevina, which ranks it number 6,903 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.
Is Valdevina a boy's or a girl's name?
Valdevina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,294 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Valdevina most common?
Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.002% of the state's population is named Valdevina (251 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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