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Meaning of the nameVanderly

Vanderly is a spelling of the name Vanderli, which means “probable variation of Vanderlei, from Dutch von der Ley, 'of the slates'”.

Meaning

“probable variation of Vanderlei, from Dutch von der Ley, 'of the slates'”

Meaning of the name Vanderli, of which Vanderly is a spelling.

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Vanderli · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário

People (2022)
1,572
Rank in Brazil
#6,063
Median age
48 years
2010 Census
1,298
people

Vanderly in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Vanderly, 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 (504 people).

689 women 883 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 Vanderly is most common

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

  1. Goiás 0.002%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.002%
  3. São Paulo 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Minas Gerais3280.002%
São Paulo2460.001%
Goiás1350.002%
Amazonas850.002%
Maranhão830.001%
Espírito Santo830.002%
Rio de Janeiro680.000%
Ceará650.001%
Paraíba630.002%
Pará620.001%
Paraná500.000%
Bahia410.000%
Pernambuco410.001%
Mato Grosso320.001%
Distrito Federal270.001%
Tocantins260.002%
Alagoas250.001%
Santa Catarina220.000%
Rio Grande do Sul210.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul200.001%

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

The spelling Vanderly

It ends in Y, like Vanderley; the dictionary lists it among the spelling variants of Vanderli.

About the name Vanderli

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) analyzes Vanderli as Van- + -derli and describes it as a probable variation of Vanderlei. The Morfemário (morpheme list) of the same dictionary says that -derlei is certainly taken from Vanderley, a name that arises in Brazil from the Dutch von der Ley, 'of the slates', and notes that names with -derli vary a great deal in gender. Wiktionary also gives Vanderlei as coming from the Dutch van der Leij. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 9,850 people named Vanderli, with a peak among those born in the 1970s (3,200 people), and the records are split between men and women.

Other spellings of Vanderli

SpellingPeople (2022)
Vanderli9,850
Vanderly1,572

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Vanderli · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: Vanderlei · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Vanderly

What does the name Vanderly mean?

Vanderly means “probable variation of Vanderlei, from Dutch von der Ley, 'of the slates'”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil. This is the meaning of the name Vanderli, of which Vanderly is a spelling.

How many people are named Vanderly in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,572 people with the first name Vanderly, which ranks it number 6,063 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Vanderly is used by both men and women: in the 2022 Census, 689 women and 883 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Vanderly most common?

Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.002% of the state's population is named Vanderly (135 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Vanderly?

Vanderli. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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