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Meaning of the nameAdimilson

Adimilson is a masculine Brazilian name ending in -son, an English formative meaning 'son of'; the beginning Adi- appears in other names in Brazil.

Meaning

The meaning of Adimilson 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)
3,593
Rank in Brazil
#3,444
Median age
46 years
2010 Census
4,396
people

Adimilson in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Adimilson, 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 (1,260 people).

0 women 3,588 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 Adimilson is most common

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

  1. Espírito Santo 0.004%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.004%
  3. Pará 0.003%
  4. Mato Grosso 0.003%
  5. Bahia 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Minas Gerais8210.004%
São Paulo6030.001%
Bahia3970.003%
Pará2660.003%
Pernambuco1770.002%
Goiás1610.002%
Espírito Santo1590.004%
Paraná1390.001%
Rio de Janeiro1250.001%
Mato Grosso1120.003%
Amazonas810.002%
Rondônia750.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul580.002%
Maranhão530.001%
Rio Grande do Sul480.000%
Alagoas450.001%
Santa Catarina420.001%
Paraíba410.001%
Tocantins400.003%
Amapá330.005%
Sergipe300.001%
Distrito Federal270.001%
Piauí190.001%

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

About the name Adimilson

Adimilson belongs to the family of Brazilian names in -son, a formative that the Morfemário (morpheme list) of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) explains as an English patronymic, 'son of'. The same Morfemário describes the beginning Ad-, Ade-, Adi- as probably taken from traditional given names such as Aderbal. The meaning of the whole name is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,593 people named Adimilson, almost always men, with a median age of 46; most were born in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (AD-, ADI- e -SON) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Adimilson

What does the name Adimilson mean?

The meaning of Adimilson 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 Adimilson in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,593 people with the first name Adimilson, which ranks it number 3,444 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Adimilson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 3,588 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Adimilson most common?

Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.004% of the state's population is named Adimilson (159 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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