Meaning of the nameVivaldo

Male
Germanic origin
Vi-val-do

Vivaldo is a masculine name of Germanic origin: the second element is linked to 'power, strength', and the first, Viv-, has an uncertain origin.

Meaning

The meaning of Vivaldo 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): 9,089
Rank in Brazil: #1,831
Median age: 59 years
2010 Census: 11,730; people

Vivaldo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Vivaldo, 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 (2,214 people).

24 women 9,065 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 Vivaldo is most common

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

Bahia 0.022%
Amazonas 0.013%
Rondônia 0.007%
Pará 0.006%
Goiás 0.005%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	3,164	0.022%
São Paulo	1,645	0.004%
Minas Gerais	652	0.003%
Amazonas	525	0.013%
Pará	456	0.006%
Rio de Janeiro	385	0.002%
Goiás	373	0.005%
Paraná	262	0.002%
Espírito Santo	189	0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte	164	0.005%
Mato Grosso	158	0.004%
Maranhão	139	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	121	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	111	0.004%
Rondônia	107	0.007%
Santa Catarina	90	0.001%
Pernambuco	86	0.001%
Sergipe	73	0.003%
Distrito Federal	72	0.003%
Tocantins	51	0.003%
Piauí	48	0.002%
Amapá	48	0.007%
Paraíba	44	0.001%
Roraima	35	0.006%
Ceará	34	0.000%
Alagoas	32	0.001%
Acre	25	0.003%

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

About the name Vivaldo

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes the formation of Vivaldo as Viv- + -aldo, and the Morfemário includes Vivaldo among the traditional names with -aldo, a Germanic ending for which it proposes more than one root. Wiktionary's Italian entry gives the name a Germanic origin: the second element is Proto-Germanic *waldą, 'power, strength', and the first is uncertain, perhaps influenced by Latin vivo, 'to live'. For this reason the meaning of the whole name is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 9,089 people named Vivaldo, with a median age of 59; proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Sources

Wiktionary: Vivaldo (Italian) · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Vivaldo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Vivaldo

What does the name Vivaldo mean?

The meaning of Vivaldo 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 Vivaldo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 9,089 people with the first name Vivaldo, which ranks it number 1,831 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Vivaldo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 24 women and 9,065 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Vivaldo?

Vivaldo is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Vivaldo most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.022% of the state's population is named Vivaldo (3,164 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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