Meaning of the nameValério

Male
Latin origin
Va-lé-ri-o

Valério is a masculine name of Latin origin, the Portuguese form of Valerius, a Roman family name linked to the verb valeō, 'to be strong'.

Meaning

“to be strong, to be healthy (from the Latin valeō)”

Source: Wiktionary: Valerius · Behind the Name: Valerius

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People (2022): 10,328
Rank in Brazil: #1,678
Median age: 50 years
2010 Census: 12,410; people

Valério in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Valério, 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 (2,845 people).

81 women 10,247 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 Valério is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
Santa Catarina	1,563	0.021%
São Paulo	1,490	0.003%
Minas Gerais	1,285	0.006%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,265	0.012%
Rio de Janeiro	902	0.006%
Paraná	630	0.006%
Bahia	387	0.003%
Pernambuco	312	0.003%
Espírito Santo	304	0.008%
Rio Grande do Norte	288	0.009%
Goiás	258	0.004%
Ceará	208	0.002%
Pará	206	0.003%
Mato Grosso	168	0.005%
Maranhão	136	0.002%
Paraíba	135	0.003%
Distrito Federal	126	0.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul	126	0.005%
Amazonas	114	0.003%
Piauí	98	0.003%
Rondônia	84	0.005%
Alagoas	55	0.002%
Sergipe	53	0.002%
Tocantins	51	0.003%
Acre	35	0.004%
Roraima	31	0.005%
Amapá	18	0.003%

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

About the name Valério

Valério is the Portuguese form of the Latin Valerius, the name of a Roman patrician family, according to Behind the Name, which links it to the verb valeō, 'to be strong'. Wiktionary gives Valerius as coming from the earlier form Valesios, from the same verb valeō, 'to be healthy, to be strong'. It is a name of older use in Brazil, with the largest number of records among people born in the 1970s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 10,328 people named Valério, with a median age of 50. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.

Sources

Wiktionary: Valerius · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Valerius · behindthename.com · meaning
Wikcionário: Valério · pt.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Valério

What does the name Valério mean?

Valério means “to be strong, to be healthy (from the Latin valeō)”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Valério in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 10,328 people with the first name Valério, which ranks it number 1,678 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

Is Valério a boy's or a girl's name?

Valério is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 81 women and 10,247 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Valério?

Valério is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Valério most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.021% of the state's population is named Valério (1,563 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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