Meaning of the nameWanderley
- Male
- Wan-der-ley
Wanderley is a spelling of the name Wanderlei, which means “of the slates (from the Dutch von der Ley, origin of Vanderlei)”.
Meaning
“of the slates (from the Dutch von der Ley, origin of Vanderlei)”
Meaning of the name Wanderlei, of which Wanderley is a spelling.
Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-derlei)
- People (2022)
- 18,244
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,127
- Median age
- 51 years
- 2010 Census
- 15,316
- people
Wanderley in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Wanderley, 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 (4,880 people).
87 women 18,157 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 Wanderley is most common
States with the highest share of people named Wanderley in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Minas Gerais 0.018%
- Goiás 0.014%
- Espírito Santo 0.013%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.013%
- Amazonas 0.012%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 4,831 | 0.011% |
| Minas Gerais | 3,700 | 0.018% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 2,047 | 0.013% |
| Paraná | 1,078 | 0.009% |
| Goiás | 967 | 0.014% |
| Pará | 523 | 0.006% |
| Espírito Santo | 511 | 0.013% |
| Amazonas | 472 | 0.012% |
| Bahia | 463 | 0.003% |
| Mato Grosso | 407 | 0.011% |
| Paraíba | 404 | 0.010% |
| Pernambuco | 336 | 0.004% |
| Santa Catarina | 324 | 0.004% |
| Distrito Federal | 321 | 0.011% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 288 | 0.010% |
| Ceará | 228 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 223 | 0.007% |
| Maranhão | 195 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 194 | 0.002% |
| Tocantins | 161 | 0.011% |
| Rondônia | 146 | 0.009% |
| Sergipe | 106 | 0.005% |
| Alagoas | 90 | 0.003% |
| Piauí | 82 | 0.003% |
| Roraima | 54 | 0.009% |
| Amapá | 51 | 0.007% |
| Acre | 42 | 0.005% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Wanderley
The most common spelling in the group, with the ending -ley, closer to the Dutch form von der Ley. According to Wiktionary, Wanderley is also the name of a municipality in Bahia.
About the name Wanderlei
Wiktionary lists Wanderlei and Wanderley as alternative forms of Vanderlei, which comes from the Dutch van der Leij. The morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Guérios and Machado, explains that the given name Vanderley was formed in Brazil from the Dutch byname von der Ley, 'of the slates', which became van der Lei and then Vanderlei, originating in the seventeenth century, at the time of the Dutch presence in Pernambuco. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 13,460 people named Wanderlei, with a median age of 51. The two spellings in the group replace the V of Vanderlei with W and differ in the ending, -lei or -ley.
Other spellings of Wanderlei
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Wanderley | 18,244 |
| Wanderlei | 13,460 |
Sources
- Wiktionary: Vanderlei · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Wiktionary: Wanderlei · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-derlei) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Wanderlei · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage
- Wiktionary: Wanderley · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Questions about the name Wanderley
What does the name Wanderley mean?
Wanderley means “of the slates (from the Dutch von der Ley, origin of Vanderlei)”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil. This is the meaning of the name Wanderlei, of which Wanderley is a spelling.
How many people are named Wanderley in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 18,244 people with the first name Wanderley, which ranks it number 1,127 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Wanderley a boy's or a girl's name?
Wanderley is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 87 women and 18,157 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Wanderley most common?
Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.018% of the state's population is named Wanderley (3,700 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Wanderley?
Wanderlei. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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