Meaning of the nameAdélia

Female
Germanic origin
A-dé-li-a

Adélia is a female name of Germanic origin, an elaborated form of Adela, which comes from the element adal, 'noble'.

Meaning

“elaborated form of Adela, from a Germanic element meaning 'noble'”

Source: Behind the Name: Adelia · Behind the Name: Adela

People (2022): 28,307
Rank in Brazil: #853
Median age: 62 years
2010 Census: 36,908; people

Adélia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Adélia, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (6,001 people).

28,195 women 112 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 Adélia is most common

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

Mato Grosso do Sul 0.022%
Espírito Santo 0.022%
Minas Gerais 0.021%
Bahia 0.018%
Goiás 0.018%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	6,192	0.014%
Minas Gerais	4,381	0.021%
Bahia	2,529	0.018%
Rio de Janeiro	2,019	0.013%
Paraná	1,967	0.017%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,531	0.014%
Goiás	1,257	0.018%
Santa Catarina	1,133	0.015%
Espírito Santo	824	0.022%
Pernambuco	692	0.008%
Mato Grosso do Sul	614	0.022%
Pará	607	0.008%
Ceará	539	0.006%
Maranhão	529	0.008%
Mato Grosso	526	0.014%
Paraíba	412	0.010%
Distrito Federal	412	0.015%
Piauí	377	0.012%
Amazonas	340	0.009%
Rio Grande do Norte	311	0.009%
Alagoas	267	0.009%
Rondônia	243	0.015%
Tocantins	233	0.015%
Sergipe	198	0.009%
Acre	80	0.010%
Roraima	64	0.010%
Amapá	30	0.004%

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

About the name Adélia

Behind the Name records Adelia, in English and Spanish, as an elaborated form of Adela. Adela was the short form of Germanic names beginning with adal, 'noble', and Wiktionary links these names to the Proto-Germanic *aþalaz, 'noble'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 28,307 people named Adélia, with a median age of 62. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil notes Adelhia as a graphic variant and also records Adelia as a Galician form.

Sources

Behind the Name: Adelia · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Adela · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Adela · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Adelia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Adélia

What does the name Adélia mean?

Adélia means “elaborated form of Adela, from a Germanic element meaning 'noble'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Adélia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 28,307 people with the first name Adélia, which ranks it number 853 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Adélia a boy's or a girl's name?

Adélia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 28,195 women and 112 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Adélia?

Adélia is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Adélia most common?

Proportionally, in Mato Grosso do Sul: 0.022% of the state's population is named Adélia (614 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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