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Meaning of the nameAbadia

Abadia is a feminine name that coincides with the Portuguese word abadia, 'monastery', from Ecclesiastical Latin abbātia.

Meaning

“abbey, monastery”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Abadia · Wiktionary: abadia

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People (2022)
6,056
Rank in Brazil
#2,397
Median age
63 years
2010 Census
7,565
people

Abadia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Abadia, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (1,676 people).

5,951 women 105 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Abadia is most common

States with the highest share of people named Abadia in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Goiás 0.038%
  2. Distrito Federal 0.012%
  3. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.012%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.009%
  5. Mato Grosso 0.005%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Goiás2,6740.038%
Minas Gerais1,7670.009%
São Paulo4640.001%
Distrito Federal3430.012%
Mato Grosso do Sul3350.012%
Mato Grosso1870.005%
Tocantins940.006%
Pará600.001%
Paraná270.000%
Bahia200.000%
Rondônia190.001%
Rio de Janeiro170.000%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Abadia

The word abadia comes from Old Galician-Portuguese abadia and, before that, from Ecclesiastical Latin abbātia, according to Wiktionary. According to Machado, Nascentes and Guérios, cited by the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), the name comes from the noun abadia and originally referred to a neighbor of an abbey or a resident of its parish; it may have arisen as a surname of origin, of the type 'Fulana da Abadia'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 6,056 people named Abadia, with a median age of 63; proportionally, it is most common in Goiás.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Abadia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: abadia · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

Questions about the name Abadia

What does the name Abadia mean?

Abadia means “abbey, monastery”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Abadia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 6,056 people with the first name Abadia, which ranks it number 2,397 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Abadia a boy's or a girl's name?

Abadia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 5,951 women and 105 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Abadia?

Abadia is a name of Latin and Portuguese origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Abadia most common?

Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.038% of the state's population is named Abadia (2,674 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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