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Meaning of the nameAelton

Aelton is a male Brazilian name ending in -elton, a formative that the Morfemário links to the English surname Elton.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,523 people named Aelton, the 6,187th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 38, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Meaning

The meaning of Aelton 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)
1,523
Rank in Brazil
#6,187
Median age
38 years
2010 Census
1,604
people

Aelton in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Aelton, 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 (519 people).

0 women 1,519 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 Aelton is most common

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

  1. Bahia 0.002%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  3. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia2970.002%
Minas Gerais2520.001%
São Paulo1750.000%
Pará950.001%
Goiás850.001%
Piauí780.002%
Rio Grande do Sul660.001%
Maranhão570.001%
Paraná450.000%
Rio de Janeiro410.000%
Pernambuco390.000%
Distrito Federal340.001%
Mato Grosso320.001%
Sergipe320.001%
Espírito Santo310.001%
Santa Catarina270.000%
Tocantins240.002%
Alagoas190.001%
Rondônia170.001%

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

About the name Aelton

The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records -elton as a formative coming from the English surname Elton, with Brazilian names such as Jaelton, Maelton and Raelton. The Dicionário also records the spelling variant Aeltom. The origin of Aelton as a whole name is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,523 people named Aelton, with a median age of 38. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia. Most were born in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and the name is almost always male.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Aelton

What does the name Aelton mean?

The meaning of Aelton 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 Aelton in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,523 people with the first name Aelton, which ranks it number 6,187 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Aelton is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,519 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Aelton most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.002% of the state's population is named Aelton (297 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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