Meaning of the nameValfredo

Male
Germanic origin
Val-fre-do

Valfredo is a male name of Germanic origin, according to Machado (1981) as cited in the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

Meaning

The meaning of Valfredo 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): 2,636
Rank in Brazil: #4,263
Median age: 56 years
2010 Census: 3,440; people

Valfredo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Valfredo, 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 (708 people).

0 women 2,629 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 Valfredo is most common

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

Bahia 0.006%
Sergipe 0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte 0.003%
Paraíba 0.003%
Pará 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	771	0.006%
São Paulo	345	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	146	0.001%
Paraíba	122	0.003%
Sergipe	119	0.005%
Pará	113	0.001%
Pernambuco	110	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	109	0.003%
Minas Gerais	91	0.000%
Maranhão	89	0.001%
Goiás	78	0.001%
Ceará	74	0.001%
Santa Catarina	73	0.001%
Paraná	58	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	43	0.000%
Alagoas	41	0.001%
Piauí	38	0.001%
Amazonas	37	0.001%
Espírito Santo	36	0.001%
Mato Grosso	36	0.001%
Tocantins	26	0.002%
Distrito Federal	25	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	23	0.001%

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

About the name Valfredo

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) cites Machado (1981) to say that Valfredo is of Germanic origin, like the variant Valfrido. The Morfemário lists Valfredo among the traditional names with the beginning Val-, perhaps a clipping of names such as Valdemar, but the meaning of the whole name is not given. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,636 people named Valfredo, with a median age of 56. It is almost always male, and most were born in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s; proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Valfredo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Val-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Valfredo

What does the name Valfredo mean?

The meaning of Valfredo 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 Valfredo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,636 people with the first name Valfredo, which ranks it number 4,263 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Valfredo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,629 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Valfredo?

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

In which Brazilian state is Valfredo most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.006% of the state's population is named Valfredo (771 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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