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Meaning of the nameCleibson

Cleibson is a male name ending in -son, a formative that the Brazilian names dictionary explains as an English patronymic; the meaning of the whole name is not known.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,191 people named Cleibson, the 7,358th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 29, and the largest group was born in the 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pernambuco.

Meaning

The meaning of Cleibson 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)
1,191
Rank in Brazil
#7,358
Median age
29 years
2010 Census
1,131
people

Cleibson in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cleibson, 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 (392 people).

0 women 1,182 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 Cleibson is most common

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

  1. Pernambuco 0.006%
  2. Pará 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pernambuco5160.006%
Pará1690.002%
São Paulo790.000%
Goiás770.001%
Bahia500.000%
Minas Gerais470.000%
Maranhão300.000%
Rio de Janeiro280.000%
Amazonas270.001%
Mato Grosso210.001%
Rio Grande do Norte200.001%
Alagoas170.001%
Paraíba160.000%
Tocantins150.001%

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

About the name Cleibson

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes -son as a patronymic formative from English, meaning 'son of'. The initial part, Cleib-, is not among the elements it describes, and the meaning of the whole name is not known. It is an almost always male name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,191 people named Cleibson, with a median age of 29, most of them born in the 1980s and 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pernambuco.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Cleibson

What does the name Cleibson mean?

The meaning of Cleibson 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 Cleibson in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,191 people with the first name Cleibson, which ranks it number 7,358 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Cleibson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,182 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Cleibson most common?

Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.006% of the state's population is named Cleibson (516 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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