Meaning of the nameClessia

Female
French origin
Cles-si-a

Clessia is a spelling of the name Clesia.

Meaning

The meaning of Clessia 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): 1,133
Rank in Brazil: #7,601
Median age: 33 years
2010 Census: 1,070; people

Clessia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Clessia, 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 (384 people).

1,126 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 Clessia is most common

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

Alagoas 0.004%
Bahia 0.002%
Pernambuco 0.002%
São Paulo 0.000%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	241	0.002%
Pernambuco	153	0.002%
São Paulo	123	0.000%
Alagoas	108	0.004%
Minas Gerais	79	0.000%
Sergipe	58	0.003%
Maranhão	47	0.001%
Ceará	46	0.001%
Goiás	44	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	36	0.001%
Paraíba	32	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	30	0.000%
Distrito Federal	25	0.001%
Pará	22	0.000%

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

The spelling Clessia

It doubles the s, which changes the syllable division: Cles-si-a, with the double s split between the syllables.

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.

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 Clessia

What does the name Clessia mean?

The meaning of Clessia 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 Clessia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,133 people with the first name Clessia, which ranks it number 7,601 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Clessia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,126 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Clessia?

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

In which Brazilian state is Clessia most common?

Proportionally, in Alagoas: 0.004% of the state's population is named Clessia (108 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Clessia?

Clesia. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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