Meaning of the nameAbdias

Abdias is a male name of Hebrew origin meaning 'servant of God', the Portuguese variant of the name of the biblical prophet Obadiah.

Meaning

“servant of God”

Source: Behind the Name: Obadiah · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Abdias

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People (2022): 4,593
Rank in Brazil: #2,911
Median age: 57 years
2010 Census: 5,181; people

Abdias in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Abdias, 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 (894 people).

28 women 4,565 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 Abdias is most common

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

Piauí 0.011%
Maranhão 0.006%
Bahia 0.005%
Pernambuco 0.004%
Pará 0.004%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	725	0.005%
São Paulo	695	0.002%
Maranhão	427	0.006%
Pernambuco	393	0.004%
Piauí	346	0.011%
Pará	283	0.004%
Minas Gerais	229	0.001%
Ceará	226	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	144	0.001%
Paraíba	137	0.003%
Amazonas	134	0.003%
Goiás	122	0.002%
Distrito Federal	96	0.003%
Paraná	86	0.001%
Alagoas	85	0.003%
Mato Grosso	60	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	58	0.002%
Espírito Santo	57	0.002%
Tocantins	53	0.004%
Rondônia	44	0.003%
Sergipe	42	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	41	0.002%
Roraima	32	0.005%
Amapá	24	0.003%
Santa Catarina	23	0.000%
Acre	20	0.002%

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

About the name Abdias

Abdias comes from Hebrew ʿovadyah (עוֹבַדְיָה), passing through Greek Ὀβδίας and Latin in the English and French entries of Wiktionary; the Portuguese entry records it as a form of Obadias used in Catholic Bibles in Portuguese. Behind the Name translates the Hebrew name as 'servant of Yahweh', and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado, Nascentes and Guérios, gives 'servant of God' and 'who worships God'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,593 people named Abdias, with a median age of 57, almost always male and mostly born in the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Piauí.

Sources

Wiktionary: Abdias · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Obadiah · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Abdias · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning

Questions about the name Abdias

What does the name Abdias mean?

Abdias means “servant of God”, according to Behind the Name and Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

How many people are named Abdias in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,593 people with the first name Abdias, which ranks it number 2,911 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Abdias is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 28 women and 4,565 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Abdias?

Abdias is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Abdias most common?

Proportionally, in Piauí: 0.011% of the state's population is named Abdias (346 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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