Baby name

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Edivaldo

/eh · jee · VAHL · doo/


“Rule or power”

Brazilian masculine compound name combining Edi- with Valdo, from Germanic Wald meaning rule or power. A distinctly Brazilian elaboration of Germanic roots.

edi

elegant

How it ages.

Hyperlocal to Brazil; compound construction marks it as mid-20th century Brazilian.

The cultural moment.

Used in Brazil from the 1950s through the 1990s.