Jesualdo

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Germánico Gisl(w)ald: 'gisl' = 'lanza' + '(w)ald' = 'mando, gobierno', 'mando de la lanza'; influido por Jesús

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ʒɛʃwaldu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Jesualdo is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Mozambique than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • BRBrazil1 in 157K(measured from records)
  • MZMozambique≈1 in 8.6K
  • AOAngola≈1 in 80K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Mozambique (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,500 people, est.

Sources
56 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 8.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Mozambique, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Spanish

Germánico Gisl(w)ald: 'gisl' = 'lanza' + '(w)ald' = 'mando, gobierno', 'mando de la lanza'; influido por Jesús.

Sources 1

  • Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jesualdo counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Jesualdo is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MZ Mozambique#789≈3,500 est.≈1 in 8.6K—Jesualdo2
BR Brazil—1,3491 in 157K1.5KJesualdo56
CO Colombia—≈570 est.≈1 in 87K—Jesualdo27
AO Angola—≈410 est.≈1 in 80K—Jesualdo6
ES Spain—2191 in 228K235Jesualdo43

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Jesualdo is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Jésualdo

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Жезуалду

17 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalOlá Jesualdo,Hi Jesualdo, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Jesualdo
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—1.5K#7,027
BR BrazilBrasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)—1.5K#2,836
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)20221.3K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—1.3K#6,760
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)20001.3K—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)19901.2K—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)1980974—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)1970616—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)1970358—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)1960337—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)1960279—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)1980240—

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Jesualdo?
A machine transcription gives /ʒɛʃwaldu/ (IPA) for Portuguese.
What does the name Jesualdo mean?
Recorded meaning: Germánico Gisl(w)ald: 'gisl' = 'lanza' + '(w)ald' = 'mando, gobierno', 'mando de la lanza'; influido por Jesús.
Is Jesualdo a male or female name?
Jesualdo is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Jesualdo have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.5 thousand people named Jesualdo in Mozambique, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jesualdo.
How common is the name Jesualdo?
In Brazil, the national register counted 1,349 people named Jesualdo in 2022, about 1 in 157 thousand residents.
How common is Jesualdo compared with other names?
In Mozambique, Jesualdo is the 789th most common given name of 1,034 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jesualdo” — the 789th most common given name in Mozambique. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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