Meaning of the nameAdelsom

Adelsom is a Brazilian male name formed from Adel-, from a Germanic term for 'noble', and the formative -son, 'son of'; it is a spelling variant of Adelson.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 673 people named Adelsom, the 10,883rd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 44, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Minas Gerais.

Meaning

The meaning of Adelsom 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): 673
Rank in Brazil: #10,883
Median age: 44 years
2010 Census: 1,260; people

Adelsom in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Adelsom, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (195 people).

0 women 670 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 Adelsom is most common

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

Minas Gerais 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	106	0.001%
São Paulo	76	0.000%
Bahia	75	0.001%
Pará	57	0.001%
Espírito Santo	40	0.001%
Pernambuco	39	0.000%
Goiás	38	0.001%
Paraná	26	0.000%
Mato Grosso	25	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	22	0.000%
Paraíba	18	0.001%
Tocantins	18	0.001%
Maranhão	16	0.000%
Rondônia	16	0.001%
Amazonas	15	0.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul	15	0.001%

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

About the name Adelsom

The Morphemary of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) gives Adel- as a formative of Germanic origin (athal, Old High German adal), 'noble', and cites Adelson among the Brazilian names. The formative -son comes from the English -son, 'son of'. The same dictionary records Adelsom as a spelling variant of Adelson. The meaning of the whole is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 673 people named Adelsom, with a median age of 44. It is almost always male, with most of those born in the 1970s and 1980s.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (ADEL-, -SON) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Adelson · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Adelsom

What does the name Adelsom mean?

The meaning of Adelsom 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 Adelsom in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 673 people with the first name Adelsom, which ranks it number 10,883 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Adelsom a boy's or a girl's name?

Adelsom is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 670 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Adelsom?

Adelsom is a name of Germanic and English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Adelsom most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.001% of the state's population is named Adelsom (106 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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