Meaning of the nameValdison
- Male
- Val-di-son
Valdison is a male Brazilian name with the element Vald- and the ending -son, an English formative meaning 'son of'.
Meaning
The meaning of Valdison 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)
- 2,079
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,972
- Median age
- 43 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,367
- people
Valdison in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Valdison, 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 (592 people).
0 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 Valdison is most common
States with the highest share of people named Valdison in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Goiás 0.007%
- Amazonas 0.004%
- Pará 0.002%
- Bahia 0.002%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Goiás | 488 | 0.007% |
| Bahia | 208 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 203 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 175 | 0.002% |
| Amazonas | 146 | 0.004% |
| São Paulo | 125 | 0.000% |
| Sergipe | 99 | 0.005% |
| Maranhão | 98 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 94 | 0.006% |
| Mato Grosso | 69 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 49 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 43 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 42 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 38 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 27 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 26 | 0.002% |
| Paraná | 23 | 0.000% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 21 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 19 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 15 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Valdison
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes -son as a patronymic formative from English, 'son of', and Vald- as an element with more than one possible origin, among them Germanic balths, 'bold', and walt, 'powerful'. Since the origin of Vald- in this name is uncertain, the meaning of the whole is not known for certain either. It is almost always a male name, born mostly in the 1960s to 1980s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,079 people named Valdison, with a median age of 43. Proportionally, it is most common in Goiás.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Vald-, -son) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Valdison
What does the name Valdison mean?
The meaning of Valdison 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 Valdison in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,079 people with the first name Valdison, which ranks it number 4,972 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Valdison a boy's or a girl's name?
Valdison is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,067 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Valdison most common?
Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.007% of the state's population is named Valdison (488 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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