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Meaning of the nameAdélio

Adélio is a male name of Germanic origin, a variant of Adalberto and Alberto, which come from elements meaning 'noble' and 'bright'.

Meaning

“variant of Adalberto and Alberto, 'noble and bright'”

Source: Wiktionary: Adélio · Behind the Name: Albert

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People (2022)
4,867
Rank in Brazil
#2,783
Median age
54 years
2010 Census
5,709
people

Adélio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Adélio, 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 (1,123 people).

22 women 4,845 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 Adélio is most common

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

  1. Goiás 0.006%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.005%
  3. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.005%
  4. Rio Grande do Sul 0.004%
  5. Santa Catarina 0.004%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Minas Gerais1,0990.005%
São Paulo6640.002%
Rio Grande do Sul4840.004%
Bahia4320.003%
Paraná4060.004%
Goiás3910.006%
Santa Catarina3070.004%
Rio de Janeiro1500.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul1370.005%
Pernambuco1210.001%
Distrito Federal1100.004%
Pará1090.001%
Mato Grosso1080.003%
Espírito Santo620.002%
Tocantins440.003%
Rondônia420.003%
Ceará390.000%
Paraíba320.001%
Piauí280.001%
Maranhão260.000%
Amazonas240.001%
Sergipe150.001%

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

About the name Adélio

Adélio is recorded in Wiktionary as a variant of Adalberto and of Alberto. Adalberto comes from the Latin Adalbertus, from a Germanic form (*Aþalaberht, according to Wiktionary); the elements adal ('noble') and beraht ('bright') are the ones Behind the Name gives for Adalbert, from which Albert derives. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,867 people named Adélio, with a median age of 54. It is almost always male, and most of the people recorded were born from 1950 to 1989. Proportionally, it is most common in Goiás.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Adélio · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Adalberto · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Albert · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Behind the Name: Adalbert · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Adélio

What does the name Adélio mean?

Adélio means “variant of Adalberto and Alberto, 'noble and bright'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Adélio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,867 people with the first name Adélio, which ranks it number 2,783 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Adélio a boy's or a girl's name?

Adélio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 22 women and 4,845 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Adélio?

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

In which Brazilian state is Adélio most common?

Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.006% of the state's population is named Adélio (391 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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