Meaning of the nameValdiney
- Male
- Val-di-ney
Valdiney is a spelling of the name Valdinei.
Meaning
The meaning of Valdiney 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)
- 3,338
- Rank in Brazil
- #3,611
- Median age
- 40 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,568
- people
Valdiney in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Valdiney, 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 (1,122 people).
99 women 3,239 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 Valdiney is most common
States with the highest share of people named Valdiney in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Amazonas 0.006%
- Pará 0.005%
- Mato Grosso 0.004%
- Minas Gerais 0.003%
- Goiás 0.003%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Minas Gerais | 683 | 0.003% |
| São Paulo | 407 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 385 | 0.005% |
| Bahia | 328 | 0.002% |
| Amazonas | 232 | 0.006% |
| Goiás | 201 | 0.003% |
| Paraná | 151 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 150 | 0.004% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 135 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 122 | 0.002% |
| Espírito Santo | 78 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 64 | 0.002% |
| Tocantins | 54 | 0.004% |
| Amapá | 48 | 0.007% |
| Ceará | 46 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 46 | 0.003% |
| Piauí | 37 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 33 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 30 | 0.000% |
| Roraima | 21 | 0.003% |
| Pernambuco | 20 | 0.000% |
| Acre | 18 | 0.002% |
| Paraíba | 17 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Valdiney
Ends in -ney, the spelling of the same ending with a Y; proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.
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.
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 Valdiney
What does the name Valdiney mean?
The meaning of Valdiney 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 Valdiney in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,338 people with the first name Valdiney, which ranks it number 3,611 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Valdiney a boy's or a girl's name?
Valdiney is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 99 women and 3,239 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Valdiney most common?
Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.006% of the state's population is named Valdiney (232 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Valdiney?
Valdinei. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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