Meaning of the nameCleberson

Male
Cle-ber-son

Cleberson is a Brazilian male name that begins like Cléber, of German origin, and ends in -son, an English formative meaning 'son of'.

Meaning

The meaning of Cleberson 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): 17,582
Rank in Brazil: #1,153
Median age: 32 years
2010 Census: 19,995; people

Cleberson in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cleberson, 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 (6,123 people).

76 women 17,506 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 Cleberson is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	3,553	0.008%
Paraná	2,301	0.020%
Santa Catarina	1,222	0.016%
Bahia	1,203	0.009%
Minas Gerais	1,131	0.006%
Pará	1,104	0.014%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,006	0.009%
Mato Grosso	789	0.022%
Rio de Janeiro	648	0.004%
Pernambuco	589	0.007%
Mato Grosso do Sul	547	0.020%
Amazonas	496	0.013%
Goiás	469	0.007%
Rondônia	347	0.022%
Espírito Santo	289	0.008%
Alagoas	284	0.009%
Maranhão	282	0.004%
Paraíba	205	0.005%
Sergipe	197	0.009%
Rio Grande do Norte	193	0.006%
Ceará	187	0.002%
Distrito Federal	157	0.006%
Amapá	114	0.016%
Piauí	86	0.003%
Tocantins	71	0.005%
Acre	69	0.008%
Roraima	43	0.007%

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

About the name Cleberson

The name begins like Cléber, which Wiktionary derives from the German Kleber, 'gluer', from kleben, 'to glue'; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, citing Nascentes, gives 'poster gluer'. The ending -son is, according to the Morfemário of the same dictionary, an English patronymic formative, 'son of', present in Brazilian names such as Clebson. The meaning of the name as a whole is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 17,582 people named Cleberson, with a median age of 32; proportionally, the name is most common in Rondônia.

This is the most common spelling in the group, with an initial C, the same letter as in the form Cléber.

Other spellings of Cleberson

Spelling	People (2022)
Cleberson	17,582
Kleberson	4,434

Sources

Wiktionary: Cléber · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Cléber · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Cleberson · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Cleberson

What does the name Cleberson mean?

The meaning of Cleberson 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 Cleberson in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 17,582 people with the first name Cleberson, which ranks it number 1,153 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Cleberson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 76 women and 17,506 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Cleberson most common?

Proportionally, in Rondônia: 0.022% of the state's population is named Cleberson (347 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Cleberson?

Kleberson. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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