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Meaning of the nameValdimiro

Valdimiro is a male name used in Brazil, of uncertain origin, which begins with Vald- and ends in -miro, two elements of traditional names.

Meaning

The meaning of Valdimiro 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)
2,250
Rank in Brazil
#4,724
Median age
60 years
2010 Census
3,393
people

Valdimiro in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Valdimiro, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (525 people).

0 women 2,243 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 Valdimiro is most common

States with the highest share of people named Valdimiro in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Maranhão 0.006%
  2. Piauí 0.006%
  3. Ceará 0.004%
  4. Bahia 0.002%
  5. Goiás 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Maranhão3850.006%
Ceará3070.004%
Bahia2860.002%
Piauí1860.006%
São Paulo1740.000%
Goiás1100.002%
Pará870.001%
Tocantins800.005%
Espírito Santo770.002%
Minas Gerais720.000%
Pernambuco690.001%
Amazonas600.002%
Paraná540.001%
Rio de Janeiro460.000%
Rio Grande do Sul390.000%
Distrito Federal380.001%
Santa Catarina260.000%
Roraima260.004%
Mato Grosso250.001%
Acre240.003%
Rondônia180.001%
Paraíba160.000%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Valdimiro

The origin of the name Valdimiro is uncertain. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records Vald-, present in Valdemar and Valdemiro, and -miro, present in Valdomiro and Valmiro; for each there is more than one proposed origin, and the meaning of the whole name is not given. It is recorded almost always as male, for people born mostly between the 1940s and the 1970s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,250 people named Valdimiro, with a median age of 60; proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Vald-, -miro) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Valdimiro

What does the name Valdimiro mean?

The meaning of Valdimiro 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 Valdimiro in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,250 people with the first name Valdimiro, which ranks it number 4,724 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Valdimiro a boy's or a girl's name?

Valdimiro is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,243 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Valdimiro most common?

Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.006% of the state's population is named Valdimiro (385 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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