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Meaning of the nameAdail

Adail is a name used in Brazil by men and women, of uncertain origin, with spelling variants such as Adayl, Adahyl and Adahil.

Meaning

The meaning of Adail 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)
4,816
Rank in Brazil
#2,810
Median age
57 years
2010 Census
6,099
people

Adail in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Adail, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (1,176 people).

640 women 4,176 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 Adail is most common

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

  1. Piauí 0.008%
  2. Ceará 0.006%
  3. Amazonas 0.004%
  4. Maranhão 0.004%
  5. Goiás 0.004%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo9960.002%
Rio de Janeiro4920.003%
Ceará4870.006%
Minas Gerais4860.002%
Piauí2530.008%
Goiás2450.004%
Maranhão2410.004%
Bahia2040.001%
Rio Grande do Sul1800.002%
Paraná1790.002%
Pará1500.002%
Amazonas1470.004%
Tocantins960.006%
Distrito Federal950.003%
Mato Grosso910.003%
Espírito Santo900.002%
Pernambuco660.001%
Santa Catarina660.001%
Alagoas590.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul460.002%
Rio Grande do Norte290.001%
Rondônia290.002%
Paraíba250.001%
Amapá240.003%
Roraima150.002%

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

About the name Adail

The origin of the name Adail is uncertain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists the spelling variants Adayl, Adahyl and Adahil. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,816 people named Adail, with a median age of 57. Proportionally, it is most common in Piauí. It is a name used mostly by men, with a minority of women, and the records are concentrated among older people, peaking in the 1970s.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Adail · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Adail

What does the name Adail mean?

The meaning of Adail 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 Adail in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,816 people with the first name Adail, which ranks it number 2,810 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Adail is used by both men and women: in the 2022 Census, 640 women and 4,176 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Adail most common?

Proportionally, in Piauí: 0.008% of the state's population is named Adail (253 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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