Meaning of the nameWaldir

Male
Wal-dir

Waldir is a masculine name, the W spelling of Valdir, a Brazilian name that Behind the Name considers possibly a contracted form of Valdemar or Valdomiro.

Meaning

The meaning of Waldir 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): 17,861
Rank in Brazil: #1,145
Median age: 60 years
2010 Census: 18,306; people

Waldir in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Waldir, 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 (5,233 people).

81 women 17,780 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 Waldir is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	5,168	0.012%
Minas Gerais	2,670	0.013%
Rio de Janeiro	2,240	0.014%
Paraná	1,140	0.010%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,061	0.010%
Santa Catarina	1,002	0.013%
Goiás	721	0.010%
Pará	638	0.008%
Espírito Santo	419	0.011%
Mato Grosso do Sul	381	0.014%
Bahia	369	0.003%
Pernambuco	365	0.004%
Amazonas	316	0.008%
Mato Grosso	266	0.007%
Distrito Federal	192	0.007%
Maranhão	185	0.003%
Paraíba	143	0.004%
Ceará	113	0.001%
Rondônia	93	0.006%
Piauí	80	0.002%
Tocantins	61	0.004%
Sergipe	57	0.003%
Alagoas	47	0.002%
Amapá	46	0.006%
Rio Grande do Norte	44	0.001%
Roraima	27	0.004%
Acre	17	0.002%

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

About the name Waldir

The Portuguese Wiktionary records Waldir as an alternative spelling of Valdir. Behind the Name describes Valdir as a name used in Brazil, possibly contracted from Valdemar or Valdomiro, and the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) includes Valdir among the names formed with Val-, a name element perhaps taken from names like Valdemar. Valdemar comes from Germanic elements that Behind the Name glosses as 'power' and 'famous', but, since the link between Valdir and that name is only a possibility, the meaning of Waldir is not given with certainty. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 17,861 people named Waldir, with a median age of 60; proportionally, the name is most common in Rio de Janeiro.

It is the most common spelling in the group, with an initial W; the Portuguese Wiktionary divides it as Wal-dir.

Other spellings of Waldir

Spelling	People (2022)
Waldir	17,861
Waldyr	1,105

Sources

Wikcionário: Waldir · pt.wiktionary.org · spelling
Behind the Name: Valdir · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Waldemar · behindthename.com · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (VAL-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Waldir

What does the name Waldir mean?

The meaning of Waldir 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 Waldir in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 17,861 people with the first name Waldir, which ranks it number 1,145 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Waldir is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 81 women and 17,780 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Waldir most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.014% of the state's population is named Waldir (2,240 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Waldir?

Waldyr. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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