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Meaning of the nameValeska

Valeska is a spelling of the name Valesca, which means “diminutive of Valéria, the feminine of Valério, from the Latin valeo, 'to be strong'”.

Meaning

“diminutive of Valéria, the feminine of Valério, from the Latin valeo, 'to be strong'”

Source: Behind the Name: Valeska · Behind the Name: Valeria · Behind the Name: Valerius · Wiktionary: Valerius

People (2022)
5,669
Rank in Brazil
#2,518
Median age
28 years
2010 Census
5,313
people

Valeska in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Valeska, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (1,812 people).

5,646 women 23 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 Valeska is most common

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

  1. Paraíba 0.010%
  2. Rio Grande do Norte 0.007%
  3. Espírito Santo 0.007%
  4. Ceará 0.006%
  5. Alagoas 0.005%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo8720.002%
Rio de Janeiro7320.005%
Ceará5370.006%
Minas Gerais4730.002%
Paraíba3810.010%
Rio Grande do Sul3780.004%
Pernambuco2640.003%
Espírito Santo2610.007%
Rio Grande do Norte2280.007%
Paraná2010.002%
Santa Catarina1690.002%
Alagoas1690.005%
Bahia1630.001%
Amazonas1300.003%
Goiás1180.002%
Sergipe1120.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul910.003%
Mato Grosso800.002%
Distrito Federal790.003%
Pará640.001%
Maranhão630.001%
Piauí330.001%
Rondônia210.001%
Roraima170.003%

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

The spelling Valeska

The spelling with a K, the form that Behind the Name lists as a German diminutive of Valéria; proportionally, it appears most in Paraíba.

About the name Valesca

Valeska, with a K, is listed by Behind the Name as a German diminutive of Valéria, the feminine form of Valério; Valerius was the name of a Roman patrician family, derived from the Latin verb valeo, 'to be strong'. The origin of the spelling Valesca, with a C, is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 9,742 people named Valesca, with a median age of 28. Both spellings are almost always female and became frequent among women born from the 1970s onward, peaking in the 1990s; proportionally, Valesca is most common in Rio de Janeiro.

Other spellings of Valesca

SpellingPeople (2022)
Valesca9,742
Valeska5,669

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Valeska · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Valeria · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Valerius · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: Valerius · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  5. Behind the Name: Valeska · behindthename.com · origin
  6. Behind the Name: Valerius · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Valeska

What does the name Valeska mean?

Valeska means “diminutive of Valéria, the feminine of Valério, from the Latin valeo, 'to be strong'”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Valeska in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,669 people with the first name Valeska, which ranks it number 2,518 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Valeska is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 5,646 women and 23 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Valeska?

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

In which Brazilian state is Valeska most common?

Proportionally, in Paraíba: 0.010% of the state's population is named Valeska (381 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Valeska?

Valesca. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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