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Meaning of the nameAlysson

Alysson is a spelling of the name Alisson, which means “linked, via Alison, to Alice, from Germanic Adalheidis, from adal, 'noble', and heit, 'kind'”.

Meaning

“linked, via Alison, to Alice, from Germanic Adalheidis, from adal, 'noble', and heit, 'kind'”

Meaning of the name Alisson, of which Alysson is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Alison · Behind the Name: Alice · Behind the Name: Adelaide

People (2022)
10,609
Rank in Brazil
#1,636
Median age
23 years
2010 Census
5,608
people

Alysson in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Alysson, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (2,838 people).

81 women 10,528 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 Alysson is most common

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

  1. Paraíba 0.013%
  2. Sergipe 0.012%
  3. Rio Grande do Norte 0.011%
  4. Alagoas 0.011%
  5. Pernambuco 0.010%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Minas Gerais1,4460.007%
São Paulo1,2390.003%
Paraná9760.009%
Pernambuco9210.010%
Ceará6070.007%
Rio de Janeiro5660.004%
Paraíba5220.013%
Bahia4800.003%
Maranhão4390.007%
Rio Grande do Sul3840.004%
Rio Grande do Norte3750.011%
Santa Catarina3680.005%
Alagoas3410.011%
Sergipe2750.012%
Pará2690.003%
Goiás2390.003%
Piauí2190.007%
Distrito Federal1810.006%
Mato Grosso1600.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul1560.006%
Espírito Santo1510.004%
Amazonas1340.003%
Rondônia530.003%
Tocantins480.003%
Roraima270.004%
Amapá180.003%
Acre150.002%

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

The spelling Alysson

It swaps the I for a Y in the middle, keeping the two final S.

About the name Alisson

Wiktionary records Álisson as a masculine name borrowed from English, with roots in Middle English Alisoun and Old French Alison. Behind the Name treats Alisson as a Brazilian variant of Allison and explains Alison as a Norman diminutive of Aalis, a form of Alice; Alice comes from Adelais, a reduction of the Germanic Adalheidis, formed by adal, 'noble', and heit, 'kind, type'. Despite the ending -son, Alison does not come from a surname, according to the same source. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 119,578 people named Alisson, with a median age of 23.

Other spellings of Alisson

SpellingPeople (2022)
Alisson119,578
Alison54,557
Alysson10,609
Alyson5,423
Allison5,198
Allyson4,051
Allisson2,251
Allysson2,045
Halisson1,276

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Álisson · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Alisson · behindthename.com · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Alison · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Behind the Name: Alice · behindthename.com · meaning
  5. Behind the Name: Adelaide · behindthename.com · meaning
  6. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Alisson · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Alysson

What does the name Alysson mean?

Alysson means “linked, via Alison, to Alice, from Germanic Adalheidis, from adal, 'noble', and heit, 'kind'”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Alisson, of which Alysson is a spelling.

How many people are named Alysson in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 10,609 people with the first name Alysson, which ranks it number 1,636 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Alysson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 81 women and 10,528 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Alysson?

Alysson is a name of English, French and Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Alysson most common?

Proportionally, in Paraíba: 0.013% of the state's population is named Alysson (522 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Alysson?

Alisson, Alison, Alyson, Allison, Allyson and Allisson and others. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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