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Meaning of the nameValdiza

Valdiza is a Brazilian feminine name formed from Vald- and -iza, a structure recorded in the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,168 people named Valdiza, the 7,449th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 51, and the largest group was born in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.

Meaning

The meaning of Valdiza 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)
1,168
Rank in Brazil
#7,449
Median age
51 years
2010 Census
1,329
people

Valdiza in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Valdiza, 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 (291 people).

1,141 women 27 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 Valdiza is most common

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

  1. Amazonas 0.010%
  2. Pará 0.002%
  3. Ceará 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Amazonas3760.010%
Ceará1310.002%
Pará1260.002%
São Paulo830.000%
Maranhão750.001%
Paraíba530.001%
Piauí530.002%
Bahia330.000%
Roraima270.004%
Pernambuco230.000%
Minas Gerais220.000%
Goiás210.000%
Acre210.003%
Rio de Janeiro200.000%
Rondônia190.001%
Tocantins170.001%

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

About the name Valdiza

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil analyzes Valdiza as Vald- + -iza. According to the morpheme list, Vald- has more than one attested etymological origin, and -isa/-iza is probably a fragment taken from names such as Luísa and Luiza; for this reason the meaning of the whole is not known. Valdisa is the spelling variant listed. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,168 people named Valdiza, and proportionally the name is most common in Amazonas. The most numerous decade of birth is the 1960s.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Valdiza

What does the name Valdiza mean?

The meaning of Valdiza 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 Valdiza in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,168 people with the first name Valdiza, which ranks it number 7,449 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Valdiza is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,141 women and 27 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Valdiza most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.010% of the state's population is named Valdiza (376 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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