Valdek

given name · Latin script

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

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

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

rarermore common
  • EEEstonia≈1 in 12K(inferred from the name graph)
  • BRBrazil1 in 821K
  • SESweden1 in 2.6M

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.

Brazil (measured from records)

258 people, 2022

Sources
37 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)

Estonia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled Val'Dek in LV Latvia.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Valdek 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 Valdek is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil2581 in 821K421Valdek37
EE Estonia≈110 est.≈1 in 12K229Valdek2
PL Poland≈6 est.≈1 in 6.3Mlisted——
SE Sweden41 in 2.6M4——
LV Latvia———Val'Dek3

258 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. 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); Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA); the ee-stat-nimed register; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); the pl-dane-pesel register. 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)

Valdek is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Latvian given name16 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Latvia, Estonia, United States, United Kingdom

    Languages: Latvian, Estonian, Belarusian

    Also written Val'Dek

  • Polish name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Val'Dek

  • Serbian given name13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Latvia, United States, Bulgaria

    Languages: Serbian, Bulgarian, Croatian

    Also written Val'Dek, Waldeck, Валдек

  • Czech name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Val'Dek

  • French name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Val'Dek

  • Russian surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Estonia, Belarus, United States

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Вальдек, Waldeck, Валдек

15 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1920194019601980Valdek Kruuspere, b. 1921Valdek Raiend, b. 1922Valdek Jürisoo, b. 1926Valdek Pall, b. 1927Valdek Kulbach, b. 1927Valdek Mikkal, b. 1929Valdek Laas, b. 1949Valdek Udris, b. 1960Heldur-Valdek Seeder, b. 1960Valdek Alber, b. 1976

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalOlá Valdek,Hi Valdek, (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 10 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Valdek
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilBrasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)—421#6,922
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—399#16,486
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2022258—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—253#21,218
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—229#452
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)1980204—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)1970147—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)196082—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)196065—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)197057—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)198054—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)195050—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Valdek?
A machine transcription gives /baldek/ (IPA) for Portuguese.
Is Valdek a male or female name?
Valdek 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 Valdek have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 258 people named Valdek, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled valdek.
How common is the name Valdek?
In Brazil, the national register counted 258 people named Valdek in 2022, about 1 in 821 thousand residents.

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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, “Valdek”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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