Meaning of the nameAdenilson
- Male
- A-de-nil-son
Adenilson is a Brazilian male name ending in -ilson, the same ending as names like Adailson and Edilson; the meaning of the whole is not known for certain.
Meaning
The meaning of Adenilson is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 31,893
- Rank in Brazil
- #781
- Median age
- 40 years
- 2010 Census
- 34,260
- people
Adenilson in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Adenilson, 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 (9,730 people).
105 women 31,788 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 Adenilson is most common
States with the highest share of people named Adenilson in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Sergipe 0.034%
- Amapá 0.033%
- Bahia 0.031%
- Rondônia 0.031%
- Espírito Santo 0.030%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 5,466 | 0.012% |
| Bahia | 4,434 | 0.031% |
| Minas Gerais | 4,336 | 0.021% |
| Paraná | 2,916 | 0.026% |
| Pará | 2,222 | 0.027% |
| Santa Catarina | 1,213 | 0.016% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 1,189 | 0.007% |
| Espírito Santo | 1,158 | 0.030% |
| Maranhão | 1,152 | 0.017% |
| Goiás | 988 | 0.014% |
| Pernambuco | 906 | 0.010% |
| Amazonas | 816 | 0.021% |
| Sergipe | 758 | 0.034% |
| Mato Grosso | 651 | 0.018% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 502 | 0.005% |
| Rondônia | 486 | 0.031% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 472 | 0.017% |
| Alagoas | 379 | 0.012% |
| Paraíba | 298 | 0.008% |
| Piauí | 291 | 0.009% |
| Amapá | 239 | 0.033% |
| Distrito Federal | 225 | 0.008% |
| Tocantins | 203 | 0.013% |
| Ceará | 191 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 186 | 0.006% |
| Acre | 150 | 0.018% |
| Roraima | 66 | 0.010% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Adenilson
Adenilson ends in -ilson, an element that the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) explains as a probable fragment of names like Nilson and Wilson and records in Brazilian names such as Adailson, Denilson and Edilson. The same Morfemário treats the beginning Ad-/Ade- as a probable fragment of traditional names like Aderbal. The name is almost always male, and most of those recorded were born in the 1970s and 1980s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 31,893 people named Adenilson, with a median age of 40; proportionally, it is most common in Sergipe. The dictionary lists Adenilsom, Adenailson and Adenelson, among others, as spelling variants.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Adenilson · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Adenilson
What does the name Adenilson mean?
The meaning of Adenilson is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Adenilson in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 31,893 people with the first name Adenilson, which ranks it number 781 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.
Is Adenilson a boy's or a girl's name?
Adenilson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 105 women and 31,788 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Adenilson most common?
Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.034% of the state's population is named Adenilson (758 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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