Meaning of the nameValdomiro

Male
Germanic origin
Val-do-mi-ro

Valdomiro is a male name of Germanic origin, a Portuguese variant of Valdemar, which is in turn the Scandinavian form of Waldemar, 'power' plus 'famous'.

Meaning

“variant of Valdemar, from Waldemar, formed from 'power' and 'famous'”

Source: Behind the Name: Waldemar

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People (2022): 38,474
Rank in Brazil: #689
Median age: 61 years
2010 Census: 54,023; people

Valdomiro in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Valdomiro, 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 (9,615 people).

89 women 38,385 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 Valdomiro is most common

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

Paraná 0.042%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.037%
Bahia 0.032%
Mato Grosso do Sul 0.030%
Mato Grosso 0.029%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	9,602	0.022%
Paraná	4,819	0.042%
Bahia	4,513	0.032%
Rio Grande do Sul	3,974	0.037%
Minas Gerais	2,945	0.014%
Pernambuco	1,652	0.018%
Santa Catarina	1,610	0.021%
Goiás	1,466	0.021%
Mato Grosso	1,071	0.029%
Pará	1,036	0.013%
Mato Grosso do Sul	834	0.030%
Alagoas	819	0.026%
Rio de Janeiro	711	0.004%
Sergipe	536	0.024%
Rondônia	425	0.027%
Paraíba	412	0.010%
Espírito Santo	347	0.009%
Amazonas	316	0.008%
Rio Grande do Norte	263	0.008%
Distrito Federal	233	0.008%
Maranhão	204	0.003%
Tocantins	198	0.013%
Piauí	169	0.005%
Ceará	135	0.002%
Acre	80	0.010%
Amapá	62	0.008%
Roraima	42	0.007%

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

About the name Valdomiro

Behind the Name presents Valdomiro as a Portuguese variant of Valdemar, used in Brazil; Valdemar is the Scandinavian form of Waldemar, a Germanic name composed of walt ('power, authority') and mari ('famous'). This meaning is that of the base name, Waldemar. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Valdomiro among the traditional names with the elements Val-, Valdo- and -miro. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 38,474 people named Valdomiro, with a median age of 61. Proportionally, the name is most common in Paraná.

Sources

Behind the Name: Valdomiro · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Valdemar · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Waldemar · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Valdomiro

What does the name Valdomiro mean?

Valdomiro means “variant of Valdemar, from Waldemar, formed from 'power' and 'famous'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Valdomiro in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 38,474 people with the first name Valdomiro, which ranks it number 689 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Valdomiro is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 89 women and 38,385 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Valdomiro?

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

In which Brazilian state is Valdomiro most common?

Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.042% of the state's population is named Valdomiro (4,819 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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