Meaning of the nameAbidias

Abidias is a Brazilian spelling of Abdias, a name of Hebrew origin (Obadiah) meaning 'servant of God'.

Meaning

“servant of God”

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

People (2022): 1,378
Rank in Brazil: #6,643
Median age: 59 years
2010 Census: 2,342; people

Abidias in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Abidias, 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 (274 people).

0 women 1,368 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 Abidias is most common

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

Maranhão 0.002%
Bahia 0.002%
Pernambuco 0.001%
São Paulo 0.000%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	258	0.002%
São Paulo	179	0.000%
Maranhão	138	0.002%
Pernambuco	105	0.001%
Minas Gerais	86	0.000%
Ceará	79	0.001%
Piauí	78	0.002%
Pará	67	0.001%
Goiás	49	0.001%
Amazonas	48	0.001%
Alagoas	42	0.001%
Paraíba	40	0.001%
Tocantins	36	0.002%
Distrito Federal	24	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	21	0.000%
Espírito Santo	20	0.001%
Mato Grosso	19	0.001%
Sergipe	16	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	15	0.001%

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

About the name Abidias

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Abidias as a spelling variant of Abdias, which, according to the authors it cites, comes from Hebrew Obadiah, 'servant of God' or 'one who worships God'. Wiktionary records Abdias as a form of Obadias used in Catholic Bibles in Portuguese, and Behind the Name gives 'servant of Yahweh' for Obadiah. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,378 people named Abidias, with a median age of 59.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Abidias

What does the name Abidias mean?

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

How many people are named Abidias in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,378 people with the first name Abidias, which ranks it number 6,643 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Abidias is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,368 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Abidias?

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

In which Brazilian state is Abidias most common?

Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.002% of the state's population is named Abidias (138 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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