When Josivaldo Ferreira de Melo was born on 23 December 1962, in Garanhuns, Pernambuco, Brazil, his father, Joel Ferreira de Melo, was 46 and his mother, Analice Gomes de Melo, was 43. He died on 11 May 2007, in his hometown, at the age of 44.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Manuel, Jose, Luis, Francisco, Carlos, Juan, Jorge, Mario, Fernando, Julio, Luiz, Raul. Portuguese Joao, Paulo, Agostinho, Albano, Goncalo, Guilherme, Joaquim, Vasco. Italian Antonio, Angelo, Constantino, Federico, Vitorino, Caio, Egidio, Eliseo, Luciano, Rocco, Salvatore, Silvio.
Portuguese: habitational name from any of numerous places called with Portuguese merlo ‘blackbird’ (from Latin merulus).
Italian: from the personal name Melo, a short form of Carmelo or some other personal name ending in -melo.
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