Meaning of the nameValtemir
- Male
- Val-te-mir
Valtemir is a male name of uncertain origin, beginning with Val- and ending in -mir, and proportionally most common in Bahia.
Meaning
The meaning of Valtemir 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)
- 3,157
- Rank in Brazil
- #3,751
- Median age
- 48 years
- 2010 Census
- 3,766
- people
Valtemir in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Valtemir, 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 (922 people).
0 women 3,146 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 Valtemir is most common
States with the highest share of people named Valtemir in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.005%
- Maranhão 0.003%
- Mato Grosso 0.003%
- Goiás 0.002%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 730 | 0.005% |
| São Paulo | 470 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 212 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 196 | 0.003% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 177 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 159 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 143 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 109 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 104 | 0.003% |
| Espírito Santo | 81 | 0.002% |
| Sergipe | 78 | 0.004% |
| Pará | 74 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 73 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 66 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 66 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 61 | 0.002% |
| Alagoas | 58 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 54 | 0.001% |
| Acre | 47 | 0.006% |
| Paraíba | 39 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 37 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 33 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 32 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 26 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 19 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Valtemir
The origin of Valtemir is uncertain. Val- and -mir are frequent elements in Brazilian names; the morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) treats Val- as a probable shortening of names such as Valdemar and Valmir, and -mir as an ending with more than one possible origin. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,157 people named Valtemir, with a median age of 48. The name is almost always male, and the 1970s account for more births than the other decades. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (VAL-, -MIR) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Valtemir
What does the name Valtemir mean?
The meaning of Valtemir 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 Valtemir in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,157 people with the first name Valtemir, which ranks it number 3,751 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Valtemir a boy's or a girl's name?
Valtemir is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 3,146 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Valtemir most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.005% of the state's population is named Valtemir (730 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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