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Meaning of the nameAdailson

Adailson is a Brazilian masculine name that joins Ada-, perhaps from the Germanic adal, 'noble', to the ending -ilson, linked to Nilson and Wilson.

Meaning

The meaning of Adailson 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)
11,487
Rank in Brazil
#1,547
Median age
35 years
2010 Census
12,379
people

Adailson in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Adailson, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (2,927 people).

41 women 11,446 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 Adailson is most common

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

  1. Pará 0.022%
  2. Amapá 0.021%
  3. Maranhão 0.017%
  4. Amazonas 0.015%
  5. Bahia 0.014%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia1,9510.014%
Pará1,8130.022%
São Paulo1,1590.003%
Maranhão1,1540.017%
Minas Gerais8430.004%
Amazonas6070.015%
Ceará4080.005%
Rio Grande do Norte3200.010%
Goiás3160.005%
Piauí2850.009%
Paraíba2790.007%
Rio de Janeiro2650.002%
Pernambuco2530.003%
Sergipe2130.010%
Mato Grosso1910.005%
Paraná1900.002%
Amapá1550.021%
Santa Catarina1500.002%
Tocantins1360.009%
Rio Grande do Sul1330.001%
Espírito Santo1300.003%
Distrito Federal1290.005%
Alagoas1120.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul1050.004%
Rondônia750.005%
Acre680.008%
Roraima470.007%

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

About the name Adailson

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) cites Adailson among the names with Ada-, a formative of Germanic origin, athal > adal, 'noble', or a fragment of traditional names such as Adalberto, and among the names with -ilson, a probable fragment of Nilson and Wilson, English patronymics meaning 'son of Nill' and 'son of Will'. Because the dictionary itself leaves two origins for Ada-, the meaning of the whole name is uncertain. Adailsom is recorded as a spelling variant. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 11,487 people named Adailson, with a median age of 35.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ilson) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Adailson · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Adailson

What does the name Adailson mean?

The meaning of Adailson 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 Adailson in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 11,487 people with the first name Adailson, which ranks it number 1,547 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Adailson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 41 women and 11,446 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Adailson?

Adailson is a name of English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Adailson most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.022% of the state's population is named Adailson (1,813 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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