Baby name
Josivaldo
/zhoo · zee · VAL · doo/
Meaning
“Compound of José and Osvaldo”
Brazilian Portuguese masculine compound likely combining José and Osvaldo; a name with strong working-class northeastern Brazilian character.
How it ages.
Deeply regional; carries the texture of a specific Brazilian social and geographic context.
The cultural moment.
Used in northeastern Brazil from the 1950s to 1990s; associated with older generations.