Meaning of the nameClesia

Clesia is a feminine name, the feminine form of Clesio, which the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil links to the French Clézio; the meaning is not known for certain.

Meaning

The meaning of Clesia 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): 3,823
Rank in Brazil: #3,291
Median age: 38 years
2010 Census: 4,453; people

Clesia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Clesia, 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 (1,349 people).

3,807 women 0 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 Clesia is most common

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

Sergipe 0.015%
Rio Grande do Norte 0.006%
Alagoas 0.005%
Goiás 0.004%
Piauí 0.004%

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	502	0.002%
Bahia	432	0.003%
São Paulo	407	0.001%
Sergipe	322	0.015%
Goiás	296	0.004%
Pernambuco	209	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	199	0.006%
Santa Catarina	147	0.002%
Alagoas	147	0.005%
Maranhão	138	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	126	0.001%
Ceará	117	0.001%
Piauí	116	0.004%
Pará	104	0.001%
Distrito Federal	92	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	90	0.001%
Tocantins	77	0.005%
Espírito Santo	73	0.002%
Mato Grosso	64	0.002%
Paraná	42	0.000%
Paraíba	35	0.001%
Rondônia	31	0.002%
Amazonas	18	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	17	0.001%

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

About the name Clesia

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Clesia as the feminine of Clesio and lists Clezia, Klesia and Klezia as spellings of the same name. For Clesio, the Dicionário cites Machado (1981), who links it to the French Clézio, alongside Claise, of Breton origin. The meaning of the name is not known for certain. Almost always female, it appears mainly among people born from the 1970s to the 1990s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,823 people named Clesia, with a median age of 38. Proportionally, it is most common in Sergipe.

It is the most common spelling in the group and the one that has an entry in the Dicionário, with a single s.

Other spellings of Clesia

Spelling	People (2022)
Clesia	3,823
Clessia	1,133

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Clesia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Clesio · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Clesia

What does the name Clesia mean?

The meaning of Clesia 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 Clesia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,823 people with the first name Clesia, which ranks it number 3,291 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Clesia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 3,807 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Clesia?

Clesia is a name of French origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Clesia most common?

Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.015% of the state's population is named Clesia (322 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Clesia?

Clessia. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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