Meaning of the nameAbelardo

Male
French origin
A-be-lar-do

Abelardo is a male name of French origin, from Abélard, whose origin scholars do not explain unanimously.

Meaning

The meaning of Abelardo is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 3,940
Rank in Brazil: #3,223
Median age: 59 years
2010 Census: 5,727; people

Abelardo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Abelardo, 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 (841 people).

0 women 3,922 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 Abelardo is most common

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

Alagoas 0.006%
Bahia 0.004%
Pernambuco 0.004%
Ceará 0.003%
Pará 0.003%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	605	0.004%
São Paulo	569	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	327	0.002%
Pernambuco	319	0.004%
Minas Gerais	259	0.001%
Ceará	254	0.003%
Pará	225	0.003%
Alagoas	194	0.006%
Santa Catarina	171	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	113	0.001%
Paraíba	106	0.003%
Goiás	102	0.001%
Paraná	92	0.001%
Amazonas	86	0.002%
Maranhão	79	0.001%
Sergipe	75	0.003%
Piauí	59	0.002%
Distrito Federal	45	0.002%
Espírito Santo	44	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	43	0.001%
Mato Grosso	35	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	34	0.001%
Tocantins	29	0.002%
Amapá	28	0.004%
Rondônia	21	0.001%
Acre	15	0.002%

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

About the name Abelardo

Abelardo comes from the French Abélard, also written Abailard or Abeillard. The origin of the French name is debated: according to the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), Machado cites a link with abeille ('bee'), which Nascentes supports; Guérios proposes 'hive' with the Germanic suffix -hard, or a variant of Eberardo influenced by Abel; and Fontes allows a Germanic etymon, Albhart, 'strong as an elf'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,940 people named Abelardo, with a median age of 59. It is almost always male, and most of the people recorded were born from 1940 to 1969. Proportionally, it is most common in Alagoas.

Sources

Wiktionary: Abelardo · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Abelardo · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Abelardo

What does the name Abelardo mean?

The meaning of Abelardo is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Abelardo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,940 people with the first name Abelardo, which ranks it number 3,223 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Abelardo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 3,922 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Abelardo?

Abelardo is a name of French origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Abelardo most common?

Proportionally, in Alagoas: 0.006% of the state's population is named Abelardo (194 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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