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Meaning of the nameValdinete

Valdinete is a female name of Brazilian formation, analyzed by the dictionary of names in use in Brazil as Valdi- + -nete, with no documented meaning.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,529 people named Valdinete, the 2,938th 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 Sergipe.

Meaning

The meaning of Valdinete 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)
4,529
Rank in Brazil
#2,938
Median age
47 years
2010 Census
4,922
people

Valdinete in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Valdinete, 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 (1,579 people).

4,473 women 56 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 Valdinete is most common

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

  1. Sergipe 0.019%
  2. Alagoas 0.009%
  3. Paraíba 0.007%
  4. Bahia 0.005%
  5. Pernambuco 0.005%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia6840.005%
São Paulo6230.001%
Pernambuco4170.005%
Sergipe4170.019%
Paraíba2930.007%
Alagoas2900.009%
Maranhão2730.004%
Pará2570.003%
Rio de Janeiro2130.001%
Mato Grosso1290.004%
Minas Gerais1060.001%
Goiás1050.002%
Espírito Santo870.002%
Piauí860.003%
Paraná850.001%
Amazonas710.002%
Rio Grande do Norte680.002%
Tocantins550.004%
Ceará540.001%
Amapá500.007%
Distrito Federal490.002%
Santa Catarina430.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul260.001%
Rondônia240.002%

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

About the name Valdinete

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) divides Valdinete into Valdi- + -nete. Its Morfemário (morpheme list) records the similar formative Valdo-/Vald-, of Germanic origin with more than one hypothesis, and -ete as a feminine ending coming from the French -ette, a diminutive suffix. The meaning of the name as a whole is not known for certain. Most of the people recorded were born in the 1970s and 1980s, and the name is almost always female. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,529 people named Valdinete, with a median age of 47. Proportionally, it is most common in Sergipe.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Valdinete · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Valdinete

What does the name Valdinete mean?

The meaning of Valdinete 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 Valdinete in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,529 people with the first name Valdinete, which ranks it number 2,938 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Valdinete is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 4,473 women and 56 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Valdinete most common?

Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.019% of the state's population is named Valdinete (417 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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