Meaning of the nameValdivan
- Male
- Val-di-van
Valdivan is a Brazilian masculine name ending in -van, a name-forming element of doubtful origin, most frequent among people born in the 1970s and 1980s.
Meaning
The meaning of Valdivan 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)
- 1,072
- Rank in Brazil
- #7,888
- Median age
- 41 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,185
- people
Valdivan in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Valdivan, 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 (330 people).
0 women 1,054 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 Valdivan is most common
States with the highest share of people named Valdivan in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Maranhão | 150 | 0.002% |
| Bahia | 141 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 106 | 0.002% |
| São Paulo | 97 | 0.000% |
| Ceará | 78 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 64 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 59 | 0.004% |
| Paraíba | 55 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 54 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 40 | 0.000% |
| Pernambuco | 38 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 38 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 36 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 26 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 21 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Valdivan
The origin of the name Valdivan is uncertain. It ends in -van, an element that the morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes as of doubtful origin, perhaps a hypocoristic of -vando, and which cites Robervan and Djavan among its examples. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,072 people named Valdivan, with a median age of 41. Most of them were born in the 1970s and 1980s, and the name is almost always male. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-VAN) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Valdivan
What does the name Valdivan mean?
The meaning of Valdivan 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 Valdivan in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,072 people with the first name Valdivan, which ranks it number 7,888 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Valdivan a boy's or a girl's name?
Valdivan is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,054 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Valdivan most common?
Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.002% of the state's population is named Valdivan (150 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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