Meaning of the nameAdson

Adson is a masculine name ending in -son, from English, an element meaning 'son of', as in Edson and Emerson.

Meaning

The meaning of Adson 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): 13,892
Rank in Brazil: #1,361
Median age: 28 years
2010 Census: 12,447; people

Adson in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Adson, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (3,211 people).

70 women 13,822 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 Adson is most common

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

Rio Grande do Norte 0.025%
Bahia 0.022%
Amazonas 0.021%
Sergipe 0.020%
Acre 0.014%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	3,160	0.022%
São Paulo	1,311	0.003%
Minas Gerais	1,103	0.005%
Pernambuco	1,076	0.012%
Pará	1,016	0.013%
Amazonas	834	0.021%
Rio Grande do Norte	810	0.025%
Rio de Janeiro	478	0.003%
Sergipe	451	0.020%
Maranhão	424	0.006%
Alagoas	352	0.011%
Ceará	333	0.004%
Paraná	305	0.003%
Goiás	302	0.004%
Espírito Santo	271	0.007%
Paraíba	250	0.006%
Santa Catarina	231	0.003%
Distrito Federal	171	0.006%
Mato Grosso	159	0.004%
Piauí	145	0.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul	136	0.005%
Rondônia	129	0.008%
Rio Grande do Sul	126	0.001%
Acre	116	0.014%
Tocantins	94	0.006%
Amapá	63	0.009%
Roraima	46	0.007%

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

About the name Adson

According to the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), -son comes from English as a patronymic formative meaning 'son of', found in Edson and Emerson. For Edson, Wiktionary explains the formation as Ed + -son, a name originally given to the son of a man called Ed. The origin of the beginning Ad- and the meaning of Adson as a whole are uncertain. Hadson and Adsom appear as spelling variants. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 13,892 people named Adson, with a median age of 28.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-son) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Adson · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Wiktionary: Edson · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Adson

What does the name Adson mean?

The meaning of Adson 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 Adson in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 13,892 people with the first name Adson, which ranks it number 1,361 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Adson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 70 women and 13,822 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Adson?

Adson is a name of English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Adson most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Norte: 0.025% of the state's population is named Adson (810 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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