Meaning of the nameValquíria
- Female
- Val-quí-ri-a
Valquíria is a female name taken from the valkyries of Norse mythology; Old Norse valkyrja means 'chooser of the dead'.
Meaning
“'chooser of the dead', from Old Norse”
- People (2022)
- 52,462
- Rank in Brazil
- #545
- Median age
- 41 years
- 2010 Census
- 58,921
- people
Valquíria in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Valquíria, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (17,078 people).
52,268 women 194 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 Valquíria is most common
States with the highest share of people named Valquíria in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Alagoas 0.039%
- Pernambuco 0.035%
- São Paulo 0.034%
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.033%
- Minas Gerais 0.030%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 15,068 | 0.034% |
| Minas Gerais | 6,069 | 0.030% |
| Bahia | 3,647 | 0.026% |
| Pernambuco | 3,199 | 0.035% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 3,155 | 0.020% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 2,862 | 0.026% |
| Paraná | 2,688 | 0.024% |
| Goiás | 1,937 | 0.027% |
| Maranhão | 1,484 | 0.022% |
| Santa Catarina | 1,447 | 0.019% |
| Alagoas | 1,210 | 0.039% |
| Paraíba | 1,167 | 0.029% |
| Pará | 1,144 | 0.014% |
| Espírito Santo | 1,003 | 0.026% |
| Mato Grosso | 944 | 0.026% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 906 | 0.033% |
| Ceará | 832 | 0.010% |
| Distrito Federal | 681 | 0.024% |
| Piauí | 613 | 0.019% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 606 | 0.018% |
| Sergipe | 488 | 0.022% |
| Rondônia | 410 | 0.026% |
| Tocantins | 358 | 0.024% |
| Amazonas | 324 | 0.008% |
| Acre | 78 | 0.009% |
| Roraima | 73 | 0.012% |
| Amapá | 69 | 0.009% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Valquíria
Behind the Name explains valkyrja, from Old Norse, as 'chooser of the dead', from valr, 'the dead', and kyrja, 'chooser', and cites Valquíria as the Portuguese form. Wiktionary defines the noun valquíria as each of the female figures in the service of Odin in Norse mythology and records Valquíria also as a female name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 52,462 people named Valquíria, most of them born in the 1970s and 1980s.
Sources
- Behind the Name: Valkyrie · behindthename.com · meaning
- Wiktionary: valquíria · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: Valquíria · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Questions about the name Valquíria
What does the name Valquíria mean?
Valquíria means “'chooser of the dead', from Old Norse”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.
How many people are named Valquíria in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 52,462 people with the first name Valquíria, which ranks it number 545 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Valquíria a boy's or a girl's name?
Valquíria is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 52,268 women and 194 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Valquíria most common?
Proportionally, in Alagoas: 0.039% of the state's population is named Valquíria (1,210 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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