Meaning of the nameValdiceia
- Female
- Val-di-cei-a
Valdiceia is a Brazilian feminine name that begins with the formative Vald-, of debated Germanic origin; the meaning of the whole name is uncertain.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,171 people named Valdiceia, the 4,837th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 47, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Espírito Santo.
Meaning
The meaning of Valdiceia 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)
- 2,171
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,837
- Median age
- 47 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,260
- people
Valdiceia in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Valdiceia, 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 (714 people).
2,153 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 Valdiceia is most common
States with the highest share of people named Valdiceia in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Espírito Santo 0.005%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.004%
- Bahia 0.002%
- Paraná 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Rio de Janeiro | 593 | 0.004% |
| São Paulo | 432 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 226 | 0.002% |
| Espírito Santo | 174 | 0.005% |
| Minas Gerais | 153 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 139 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 61 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 57 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 53 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 45 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 37 | 0.002% |
| Rondônia | 32 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 27 | 0.000% |
| Alagoas | 27 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 22 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 20 | 0.000% |
| Amazonas | 16 | 0.000% |
| Paraíba | 15 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Valdiceia
The beginning Vald- is a formative common in Brazilian names such as Valdinei and Valderson, and the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records more than one Germanic origin for it, among them balths, "bold", and walt, "powerful". The dictionary analyzes the similar name Valdinéia as Valdi- + -néia, but does not document the formation of Valdiceia, and the meaning of the name as a whole is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,171 people named Valdiceia, with a median age of 47. Proportionally, it is most common in Espírito Santo. The records are almost always female, and most were born in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Valdinéia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Valdiceia
What does the name Valdiceia mean?
The meaning of Valdiceia 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 Valdiceia in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,171 people with the first name Valdiceia, which ranks it number 4,837 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Valdiceia a boy's or a girl's name?
Valdiceia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,153 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Valdiceia most common?
Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.005% of the state's population is named Valdiceia (174 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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