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Globally, Valdés (Valdes , Valdez , Valdés , among others...) is quite a common principally male, but very seldom female forename. The first name Valdés is habitual in Cameroon, where it is quite a common predominantly boy's, but scarcely girly name, the Dominican Republic, where it is quite a rare epicene name, and Panama. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Cameroon, Brazil, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Predominantly, Valdés is the last name as well as the forename.
Valdés is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .