Meaning of the nameAdailza
- Female
- A-dail-za
Adailza is a Brazilian feminine name that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists among those formed with Ada- and with -ilza, both of open origin.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,692 people named Adailza, the 5,759th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 43, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Meaning
The meaning of Adailza is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 1,692
- Rank in Brazil
- #5,759
- Median age
- 43 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,688
- people
Adailza in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Adailza, 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 (423 people).
1,687 women 0 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 Adailza is most common
States with the highest share of people named Adailza in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.004%
- Paraíba 0.003%
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.003%
- São Paulo 0.001%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 582 | 0.004% |
| São Paulo | 220 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 135 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 105 | 0.003% |
| Minas Gerais | 100 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 82 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 71 | 0.003% |
| Pernambuco | 67 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 51 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 43 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 32 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 28 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 25 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 24 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 21 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 20 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 19 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 16 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Adailza
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Adailza among the Brazilian names with Ada-, a formative of Germanic origin (athal, later adal, 'noble') or a fragment of traditional given names, and also among those with -ilza, of uncertain origin: perhaps from the given name Ilza, which may come from Germanic Ilsa, 'nymph, undine', or from Else, a hypocoristic of Elisabete. Because both parts have open explanations, the meaning of the whole name is not known for certain. The dictionary records Adailsa, Adeilsa, Adeilza, Adelsa, Adelza, Adilsa and Adilza as spelling variants. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,692 people named Adailza, with a median age of 43.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Adailza · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Adailza
What does the name Adailza mean?
The meaning of Adailza is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Adailza in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,692 people with the first name Adailza, which ranks it number 5,759 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Adailza a boy's or a girl's name?
Adailza is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,687 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Adailza most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.004% of the state's population is named Adailza (582 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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