Meaning of the nameValdimar
- Male
- Val-di-mar
Valdimar is a male name that Wiktionary records in Icelandic and Faroese; in Brazil its origin is uncertain, and the spelling resembles Valdemar.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,211 people named Valdimar, the 4,784th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 45, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.
Meaning
The meaning of Valdimar 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)
- 2,211
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,784
- Median age
- 45 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,406
- people
Valdimar in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Valdimar, 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 (792 people).
144 women 2,067 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 Valdimar is most common
States with the highest share of people named Valdimar in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Maranhão 0.006%
- Goiás 0.004%
- Piauí 0.004%
- Minas Gerais 0.002%
- Pará 0.002%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Maranhão | 393 | 0.006% |
| Minas Gerais | 376 | 0.002% |
| Goiás | 294 | 0.004% |
| São Paulo | 139 | 0.000% |
| Pará | 135 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 134 | 0.004% |
| Bahia | 110 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 82 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 77 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 77 | 0.005% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 73 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 57 | 0.002% |
| Espírito Santo | 56 | 0.002% |
| Distrito Federal | 54 | 0.002% |
| Rondônia | 24 | 0.002% |
| Roraima | 24 | 0.004% |
| Paraná | 22 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 19 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Valdimar
Wiktionary records Valdimar as a male name in Icelandic and Faroese; in Faroese, it ultimately goes back to Slavic *Voldiměrъ, with cognates such as Danish Valdemar, German Waldemar and Ukrainian Volodymyr. For Valdemar, the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) cites Machado (1981): Germanic origin, from balths ('bold') or balthei ('boldness') with mahra ('horse'), that is, 'bold horse'. Which of these origins applies to Valdimar in Brazil is not known for certain. The Morfemário describes Vald- and -mar, the latter with a possible Germanic sense of 'glory, fame'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,211 people named Valdimar, with a median age of 45. It is predominantly male, and most were born in the 1970s and 1980s.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Valdimar · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Valdemar · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Valdimar
What does the name Valdimar mean?
The meaning of Valdimar 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 Valdimar in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,211 people with the first name Valdimar, which ranks it number 4,784 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Valdimar a boy's or a girl's name?
Valdimar is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 144 women and 2,067 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Valdimar most common?
Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.006% of the state's population is named Valdimar (393 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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