Meaning of the nameAdailton
- Male
- A-da-il-ton
Adailton is a Brazilian masculine name that the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil includes among the names with Ada- and with the ending -ilton.
Meaning
The meaning of Adailton 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)
- 39,956
- Rank in Brazil
- #667
- Median age
- 41 years
- 2010 Census
- 43,575
- people
Adailton in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Adailton, 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 (11,151 people).
117 women 39,839 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 Adailton is most common
States with the highest share of people named Adailton in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 11,500 | 0.081% |
| São Paulo | 5,720 | 0.013% |
| Minas Gerais | 2,978 | 0.015% |
| Pará | 2,030 | 0.025% |
| Maranhão | 2,011 | 0.030% |
| Paraíba | 1,607 | 0.040% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 1,516 | 0.009% |
| Goiás | 1,497 | 0.021% |
| Sergipe | 1,177 | 0.053% |
| Ceará | 1,095 | 0.013% |
| Pernambuco | 1,077 | 0.012% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 849 | 0.026% |
| Piauí | 835 | 0.026% |
| Paraná | 712 | 0.006% |
| Tocantins | 661 | 0.044% |
| Distrito Federal | 652 | 0.023% |
| Mato Grosso | 635 | 0.017% |
| Santa Catarina | 614 | 0.008% |
| Amazonas | 609 | 0.016% |
| Alagoas | 514 | 0.016% |
| Espírito Santo | 425 | 0.011% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 375 | 0.014% |
| Rondônia | 323 | 0.020% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 208 | 0.002% |
| Roraima | 130 | 0.020% |
| Amapá | 122 | 0.017% |
| Acre | 84 | 0.010% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Adailton
The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Adailton among the names formed with Adal-, Ada-, an element that may come from Germanic athal, 'noble', or be a clipping of traditional names such as Adalberto, and also among the names in -ilton, a probable clipping of names such as Milton, alongside Hamilton, Nilton and Wilton. The origin of the name as a whole is uncertain. The Adailton entry of the same dictionary lists close spellings such as Adailtom, Adaylton and Adilton. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 39,956 people named Adailton, with a median age of 41; the name is almost always male, most of the people recorded were born in the 1970s and 1980s, and proportionally it is most common in Bahia.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Adailton · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Adailton
What does the name Adailton mean?
The meaning of Adailton 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 Adailton in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 39,956 people with the first name Adailton, which ranks it number 667 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Adailton a boy's or a girl's name?
Adailton is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 117 women and 39,839 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Adailton most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.081% of the state's population is named Adailton (11,500 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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