Meaning of the nameValdiana
- Female
- Val-di-a-na
Valdiana is a female Brazilian name of uncertain origin, formed with the beginning Valdi-, and recorded mostly among people born in the 1970s and 1980s.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,580 people named Valdiana, the 6,050th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 38, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Ceará.
Meaning
The meaning of Valdiana 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)
- 1,580
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,050
- Median age
- 38 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,694
- people
Valdiana in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Valdiana, 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 (731 people).
1,575 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 Valdiana is most common
States with the highest share of people named Valdiana in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Ceará | 521 | 0.006% |
| Piauí | 151 | 0.005% |
| São Paulo | 129 | 0.000% |
| Maranhão | 117 | 0.002% |
| Bahia | 105 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 85 | 0.000% |
| Pará | 65 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 56 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 43 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 38 | 0.000% |
| Espírito Santo | 36 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 29 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 28 | 0.002% |
| Sergipe | 26 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 23 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 22 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 21 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 18 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Valdiana
The origin of the spelling Valdiana is uncertain and no meaning is documented. It ends in -ana, a feminine formative that the Morfemário do Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) explains as coming from Latin -ana, feminine of -anu, 'originating from, belonging to', and it begins with Valdi-, like Valdinete and Valdilane, entries in the same dictionary. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,580 people named Valdiana, with a median age of 38, almost all of them female. Proportionally, it is most common in Ceará.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ana) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Valdiana
What does the name Valdiana mean?
The meaning of Valdiana 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 Valdiana in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,580 people with the first name Valdiana, which ranks it number 6,050 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Valdiana a boy's or a girl's name?
Valdiana is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,575 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Valdiana most common?
Proportionally, in Ceará: 0.006% of the state's population is named Valdiana (521 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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