Meaning of the nameValdivino

Male
Germanic origin
Val-di-vi-no

Valdivino is a male name that Wiktionary lists as the Portuguese equivalent of Baldwin, of Germanic origin, 'bold friend'.

Meaning

“Portuguese equivalent of Baldwin, 'bold friend'”

Source: Wiktionary: Baldwin · Behind the Name: Baldwin

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People (2022): 24,569
Rank in Brazil: #928
Median age: 58 years
2010 Census: 31,710; people

Valdivino in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Valdivino, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (6,941 people).

72 women 24,497 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 Valdivino is most common

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

Goiás 0.112%
Tocantins 0.051%
Mato Grosso 0.032%
Rondônia 0.019%
Minas Gerais 0.019%

All states

State	People	% of population
Goiás	7,910	0.112%
Minas Gerais	3,895	0.019%
Bahia	2,443	0.017%
São Paulo	1,950	0.004%
Paraná	1,306	0.011%
Mato Grosso	1,161	0.032%
Maranhão	974	0.014%
Pará	879	0.011%
Tocantins	777	0.051%
Piauí	507	0.016%
Distrito Federal	504	0.018%
Mato Grosso do Sul	368	0.013%
Espírito Santo	340	0.009%
Rondônia	305	0.019%
Santa Catarina	248	0.003%
Amazonas	246	0.006%
Ceará	174	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	152	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	138	0.001%
Pernambuco	81	0.001%
Roraima	50	0.008%
Sergipe	40	0.002%
Paraíba	31	0.001%
Acre	28	0.003%
Amapá	24	0.003%
Rio Grande do Norte	21	0.001%
Alagoas	17	0.001%

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

About the name Valdivino

Wiktionary records Valdivino as a male name equivalent to the English Baldwin and lists it as the Portuguese form on the Baldwin page. Baldwin comes from Proto-Germanic *Balþawiniz, which Wiktionary translates as 'bold friend'; Behind the Name explains it as bald, 'bold, brave', plus wini, 'friend'. Wiktionary also cites Valdivina as the feminine form. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 24,569 people named Valdivino, with a median age of 58.

Sources

Wiktionary: Valdivino · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Baldwin · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Baldwin · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Valdivino

What does the name Valdivino mean?

Valdivino means “Portuguese equivalent of Baldwin, 'bold friend'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Valdivino in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 24,569 people with the first name Valdivino, which ranks it number 928 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Valdivino is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 72 women and 24,497 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Valdivino?

Valdivino is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Valdivino most common?

Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.112% of the state's population is named Valdivino (7,910 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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