Meaning of the nameAdão
- Male
- Hebrew origin
- A-dão
- Biblical name
Adão is a masculine name of Hebrew origin, from the Hebrew adam, which Wiktionary glosses as 'earth, man, soil, light brown'.
- People (2022)
- 97,433
- Rank in Brazil
- #328
- Median age
- 57 years
- 2010 Census
- 122,274
- people
Adão in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Adão, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (24,651 people).
255 women 97,178 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 Adão is most common
States with the highest share of people named Adão in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.150%
- Tocantins 0.136%
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.085%
- Piauí 0.083%
- Minas Gerais 0.080%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Minas Gerais | 16,514 | 0.080% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 16,351 | 0.150% |
| São Paulo | 14,445 | 0.033% |
| Paraná | 8,386 | 0.073% |
| Goiás | 4,999 | 0.071% |
| Bahia | 4,700 | 0.033% |
| Maranhão | 4,306 | 0.064% |
| Santa Catarina | 4,294 | 0.056% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 3,408 | 0.021% |
| Mato Grosso | 2,907 | 0.080% |
| Piauí | 2,717 | 0.083% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 2,345 | 0.085% |
| Pará | 2,201 | 0.027% |
| Tocantins | 2,062 | 0.136% |
| Espírito Santo | 1,597 | 0.042% |
| Pernambuco | 1,139 | 0.013% |
| Rondônia | 1,115 | 0.071% |
| Ceará | 1,041 | 0.012% |
| Distrito Federal | 1,011 | 0.036% |
| Amazonas | 388 | 0.010% |
| Paraíba | 375 | 0.009% |
| Alagoas | 255 | 0.008% |
| Acre | 244 | 0.029% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 238 | 0.007% |
| Roraima | 211 | 0.033% |
| Sergipe | 117 | 0.005% |
| Amapá | 67 | 0.009% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Adão
According to Wiktionary, Adão comes from Old Galician-Portuguese Adan, from Latin Ādām and Greek Ἀδάμ, going back to Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adam), glossed as 'earth, man, soil, light brown' and linked to adamah, 'red earth, ground'. Behind the Name explains that it is the Hebrew word for 'man' and that the creation account in Genesis plays on the Hebrew word for 'earth'; it is the name of the first man in the Bible. Almost always male, the name was most often given to people born between the 1950s and 1970s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 97,433 people named Adão, with a median age of 57; proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Adão · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Behind the Name: Adam · behindthename.com · meaning
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Adão · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Adão
What does the name Adão mean?
Adão means “man; earth”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.
How many people are named Adão in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 97,433 people with the first name Adão, which ranks it number 328 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Adão a boy's or a girl's name?
Adão is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 255 women and 97,178 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Adão?
Adão is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Adão most common?
Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.150% of the state's population is named Adão (16,351 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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