Meaning of the nameWaleria

Female
Latin origin
Wa-le-ri-a

Waleria is a female name of Latin origin, recorded as a form of Valeria, the feminine of the Roman name Valerius.

Meaning

“form of Valeria, feminine of Valerius, a Roman name linked to the Latin verb valeo, 'to be strong'”

Source: Wiktionary: Waleria · Behind the Name: Valerius · Wiktionary: Valeria

People (2022): 2,187
Rank in Brazil: #4,819
Median age: 37 years
2010 Census: 1,654; people

Waleria in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Waleria, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (550 people).

2,179 women 0 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 Waleria is most common

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

Pará 0.003%
Goiás 0.003%
Maranhão 0.002%
Pernambuco 0.001%
Minas Gerais 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	308	0.001%
Minas Gerais	216	0.001%
Pará	216	0.003%
Goiás	177	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	151	0.001%
Pernambuco	115	0.001%
Maranhão	109	0.002%
Paraná	99	0.001%
Amazonas	78	0.002%
Paraíba	74	0.002%
Ceará	69	0.001%
Mato Grosso	61	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	56	0.002%
Distrito Federal	53	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	49	0.001%
Santa Catarina	47	0.001%
Bahia	46	0.000%
Espírito Santo	44	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	43	0.002%
Tocantins	39	0.003%
Piauí	38	0.001%
Alagoas	36	0.001%
Sergipe	23	0.001%

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

About the name Waleria

Waleria is described by Behind the Name as the Polish form of Valeria, and Wiktionary records it, in Polish, as a learned borrowing from the Latin Valeria. Valeria is the feminine of Valerius, a Roman family name that Behind the Name links to the Latin verb valeo, 'to be strong'; the meaning is that of the base name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,187 people named Waleria, with a median age of 37. It is almost always a female name, with the largest group born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

Sources

Wiktionary: Waleria · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Waleria · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Valerius · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Valeria · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

Questions about the name Waleria

What does the name Waleria mean?

Waleria means “form of Valeria, feminine of Valerius, a Roman name linked to the Latin verb valeo, 'to be strong'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Waleria in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,187 people with the first name Waleria, which ranks it number 4,819 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Waleria is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,179 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Waleria?

Waleria is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Waleria most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.003% of the state's population is named Waleria (216 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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