Meaning of the nameCleyson
- Male
- Cley-son
Cleyson is a spelling of the name Cleison.
Meaning
The meaning of Cleyson 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)
- 1,843
- Rank in Brazil
- #5,401
- Median age
- 26 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,163
- people
Cleyson in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Cleyson, 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 (741 people).
0 women 1,829 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 Cleyson is most common
States with the highest share of people named Cleyson in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Maranhão 0.003%
- Pará 0.002%
- Pernambuco 0.001%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 212 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 198 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 180 | 0.003% |
| Minas Gerais | 176 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 166 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 112 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 80 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 80 | 0.002% |
| Paraná | 70 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 53 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 52 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 50 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 48 | 0.002% |
| Bahia | 47 | 0.000% |
| Alagoas | 44 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 39 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 36 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 34 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 30 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 27 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 24 | 0.002% |
| Amapá | 21 | 0.003% |
| Rondônia | 15 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Cleyson
Swaps the I for Y without changing the pronunciation.
About the name Cleison
The origin of the beginning of the name is uncertain; the ending -son is described in the morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) as an English patronymic formative, 'son of', found in Brazilian names such as Adeison and Aleison. The same morpheme list notes that the S of this formative sounds like [s], not [z], even between vowels. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 13,024 people named Cleison, with a median age of 27, almost always male. The name has the most records among people born in the 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Acre.
Other spellings of Cleison
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-son) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Cleyson
What does the name Cleyson mean?
The meaning of Cleyson 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 Cleyson in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,843 people with the first name Cleyson, which ranks it number 5,401 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Cleyson a boy's or a girl's name?
Cleyson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,829 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Cleyson most common?
Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.003% of the state's population is named Cleyson (180 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Cleyson?
Cleison and Cleisson. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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