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Meaning of the nameAdileia

Adileia is a Brazilian feminine name of uncertain origin, written without an accent and recorded since before 1940.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 974 people named Adileia, the 8,446th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 46, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio de Janeiro.

Meaning

The meaning of Adileia 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)
974
Rank in Brazil
#8,446
Median age
46 years
2010 Census
1,048
people

Adileia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Adileia, 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 (280 people).

968 women 0 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 Adileia is most common

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

  1. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  3. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Minas Gerais2450.001%
Rio de Janeiro2060.001%
São Paulo1420.000%
Bahia860.001%
Espírito Santo640.002%
Pará440.001%
Santa Catarina210.000%
Paraná200.000%
Maranhão190.000%
Goiás150.000%

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

About the name Adileia

The origin of Adileia is uncertain, and the name has no documented meaning. The Morfemário (morpheme list) of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Ad-, Ade- and Adi- as a probable fragment of names such as Aderbal, in Brazilian names such as Admari, Adenilde and Adivan. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 974 people named Adileia, with a median age of 46. The records are almost always female and come from every decade since before 1940, with the most births in the 1970s and 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio de Janeiro.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Adileia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Adileia

What does the name Adileia mean?

The meaning of Adileia 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 Adileia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 974 people with the first name Adileia, which ranks it number 8,446 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Adileia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 968 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Adileia most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.001% of the state's population is named Adileia (206 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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