Meaning of the nameValmira
- Female
- Val-mi-ra
Valmira is a Brazilian feminine name formed from Val- + -mira, according to the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, with the same ending as Belmira and Zulmira.
Meaning
The meaning of Valmira is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 12,237
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,490
- Median age
- 55 years
- 2010 Census
- 13,921
- people
Valmira in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Valmira, 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 (3,268 people).
12,061 women 176 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 Valmira is most common
States with the highest share of people named Valmira in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Sergipe 0.023%
- Bahia 0.019%
- Piauí 0.013%
- Santa Catarina 0.009%
- Goiás 0.008%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 2,641 | 0.019% |
| São Paulo | 1,867 | 0.004% |
| Minas Gerais | 1,168 | 0.006% |
| Santa Catarina | 717 | 0.009% |
| Goiás | 569 | 0.008% |
| Sergipe | 498 | 0.023% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 444 | 0.003% |
| Maranhão | 430 | 0.006% |
| Piauí | 422 | 0.013% |
| Pernambuco | 394 | 0.004% |
| Pará | 388 | 0.005% |
| Paraná | 380 | 0.003% |
| Ceará | 297 | 0.003% |
| Paraíba | 283 | 0.007% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 259 | 0.002% |
| Alagoas | 240 | 0.008% |
| Distrito Federal | 215 | 0.008% |
| Amazonas | 186 | 0.005% |
| Mato Grosso | 179 | 0.005% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 165 | 0.005% |
| Espírito Santo | 128 | 0.003% |
| Rondônia | 104 | 0.007% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 94 | 0.003% |
| Tocantins | 84 | 0.006% |
| Acre | 45 | 0.005% |
| Amapá | 23 | 0.003% |
| Roraima | 17 | 0.003% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Valmira
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) analyzes Valmira as Val- + -mira. According to the dictionary's Morfemário, the ending -mira may have more than one source: Germanic mir, 'famed, illustrious', Arabic mir, 'prince', or Polish mir, 'peace'. It also appears in Belmira, Delmira and Zulmira. The beginning Val- may have been taken from names such as Valdemar, so the meaning of Valmira as a whole is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 12,237 people named Valmira, with a median age of 55; the name is almost always female and, proportionally, most common in Sergipe.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Valmira · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Valmira
What does the name Valmira mean?
The meaning of Valmira is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Valmira in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 12,237 people with the first name Valmira, which ranks it number 1,490 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Valmira a boy's or a girl's name?
Valmira is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 12,061 women and 176 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Valmira most common?
Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.023% of the state's population is named Valmira (498 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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