Meaning of the nameAbdon
- Male
- Hebrew origin
- Ab-don
- Biblical name
Abdon is a masculine name of Hebrew origin meaning 'servant' and is the name of a judge of Israel in the Bible.
- People (2022)
- 1,311
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,895
- Median age
- 56 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,520
- people
Abdon in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Abdon, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (237 people).
0 women 1,307 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 Abdon is most common
States with the highest share of people named Abdon in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 157 | 0.001% |
| São Paulo | 147 | 0.000% |
| Minas Gerais | 93 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 81 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 80 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 76 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 75 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 67 | 0.000% |
| Paraíba | 62 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 62 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 59 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 54 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 46 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 39 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 38 | 0.000% |
| Santa Catarina | 34 | 0.000% |
| Distrito Federal | 26 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 25 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 18 | 0.000% |
| Tocantins | 18 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Abdon
Wiktionary traces Abdon to Hebrew עבדון (abdon), 'servant', and defines it as the name of the tenth judge of Israel in the Bible; the form Abdom, which has its own Portuguese entry, is recorded as the same biblical name. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado, Nascentes and Guérios, gives Hebrew Abdon as 'small servant (of God)'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,311 people named Abdon, with a median age of 56. The name is almost always male, with records of people born in every decade, from before 1940 to 2020 to 2022. The Dictionary lists Abdom, Abidom and Abidon as spelling variants.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Abdon · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: Abdom · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Abdon · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Questions about the name Abdon
What does the name Abdon mean?
Abdon means “servant”, according to Wiktionary and Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.
How many people are named Abdon in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,311 people with the first name Abdon, which ranks it number 6,895 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.
Is Abdon a boy's or a girl's name?
Abdon is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,307 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
What is the origin of the name Abdon?
Abdon is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Abdon most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.001% of the state's population is named Abdon (157 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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