Meaning of the nameValto
- Male
- Val-to
Valto is a short two-syllable male name; in Brazil its origin and meaning are uncertain, and it is also a Finnish name, a pet form of Valdemar.
Meaning
The meaning of Valto 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)
- 1,319
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,877
- Median age
- 52 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,924
- people
Valto in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Valto, 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 (338 people).
0 women 1,317 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 Valto is most common
States with the highest share of people named Valto in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Maranhão 0.003%
- Goiás 0.002%
- Pará 0.001%
- Bahia 0.001%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Maranhão | 195 | 0.003% |
| Bahia | 155 | 0.001% |
| São Paulo | 136 | 0.000% |
| Minas Gerais | 135 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 116 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 105 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 66 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 62 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 56 | 0.004% |
| Mato Grosso | 40 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 30 | 0.000% |
| Pernambuco | 29 | 0.000% |
| Amazonas | 26 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 25 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 21 | 0.000% |
| Distrito Federal | 21 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 19 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 17 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 17 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Valto
The origin of Valto in Brazil is uncertain and the meaning is not known for certain. In Finnish, Valto is a male name, a pet form of Valdemar and, more rarely, of Valtteri, according to Wiktionary, and Behind the Name treats it as a short form of Valdemar. In Brazil, the beginning Val- is described by the morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil as perhaps a fragment of names such as Valdemar and Valter. It is almost always a male name, with the largest group born in the 1960s and 1970s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,319 people named Valto, with a median age of 52; proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Valto (finlandês) · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
- Behind the Name: Valto · behindthename.com · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Valto
What does the name Valto mean?
The meaning of Valto 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 Valto in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,319 people with the first name Valto, which ranks it number 6,877 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Valto a boy's or a girl's name?
Valto is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,317 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Valto most common?
Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.003% of the state's population is named Valto (195 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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