Meaning of the nameValdinei
- Male
- Val-di-nei
Valdinei is a Brazilian masculine name that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil analyzes as Valdi- + -nei, while Wiktionary gives it as a name of English origin.
Meaning
The meaning of Valdinei is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 36,873
- Rank in Brazil
- #712
- Median age
- 41 years
- 2010 Census
- 41,972
- people
Valdinei in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Valdinei, 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 (12,956 people).
1,372 women 35,501 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 Valdinei is most common
States with the highest share of people named Valdinei in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rondônia 0.052%
- Paraná 0.048%
- Mato Grosso 0.041%
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.037%
- Bahia 0.029%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 7,811 | 0.018% |
| Paraná | 5,437 | 0.048% |
| Minas Gerais | 5,028 | 0.025% |
| Bahia | 4,135 | 0.029% |
| Pará | 1,983 | 0.024% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 1,672 | 0.010% |
| Santa Catarina | 1,526 | 0.020% |
| Mato Grosso | 1,483 | 0.041% |
| Goiás | 1,363 | 0.019% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 1,028 | 0.037% |
| Espírito Santo | 878 | 0.023% |
| Rondônia | 826 | 0.052% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 718 | 0.007% |
| Maranhão | 606 | 0.009% |
| Amazonas | 508 | 0.013% |
| Tocantins | 281 | 0.019% |
| Piauí | 280 | 0.009% |
| Distrito Federal | 277 | 0.010% |
| Ceará | 254 | 0.003% |
| Amapá | 158 | 0.022% |
| Pernambuco | 155 | 0.002% |
| Sergipe | 108 | 0.005% |
| Acre | 84 | 0.010% |
| Roraima | 80 | 0.013% |
| Paraíba | 76 | 0.002% |
| Alagoas | 69 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 49 | 0.002% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Valdinei
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) analyzes Valdinei as Valdi- + -nei and lists Valdiney as a spelling variant. In the Morfemário of the same project, Valdinei appears under Vald-, an element for which several Germanic origins are proposed, and under -nei, -ney, which would come from French Ney, a variant of German neu, 'new'. Wiktionary proposes another reading: it classifies Valdinei as a name of English origin, used in Brazil, with the forms Valdiney, Valdisnei and Valdisney. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 36,873 people named Valdinei, with a median age of 41; the name is almost always male, most of the people recorded were born in the 1970s and 1980s, and proportionally it is most common in Rondônia.
The most common spelling in the group, with the ending -nei and the Val-di-nei syllable division given by Wiktionary.
Other spellings of Valdinei
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Valdinei | 36,873 |
| Valdiney | 3,338 |
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Valdinei · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Wiktionary: Valdinei · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Questions about the name Valdinei
What does the name Valdinei mean?
The meaning of Valdinei is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Valdinei in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 36,873 people with the first name Valdinei, which ranks it number 712 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Valdinei a boy's or a girl's name?
Valdinei is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 1,372 women and 35,501 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Valdinei most common?
Proportionally, in Rondônia: 0.052% of the state's population is named Valdinei (826 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Valdinei?
Valdiney. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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