Meaning of the nameEdelson
- Male
- E-del-son
Edelson is a Brazilian male name formed from Edel-, of Germanic origin, and the English ending -son, 'son of'; the meaning of the whole is not known for certain.
Meaning
The meaning of Edelson 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)
- 4,889
- Rank in Brazil
- #2,776
- Median age
- 40 years
- 2010 Census
- 5,181
- people
Edelson in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Edelson, 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 (2,151 people).
0 women 4,871 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 Edelson is most common
States with the highest share of people named Edelson in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rondônia 0.010%
- Mato Grosso 0.008%
- Pará 0.006%
- Maranhão 0.005%
- Bahia 0.004%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 709 | 0.002% |
| Bahia | 604 | 0.004% |
| Minas Gerais | 498 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 488 | 0.006% |
| Maranhão | 339 | 0.005% |
| Mato Grosso | 304 | 0.008% |
| Pernambuco | 244 | 0.003% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 204 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 171 | 0.002% |
| Amazonas | 171 | 0.004% |
| Rondônia | 157 | 0.010% |
| Paraná | 141 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 113 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 109 | 0.003% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 85 | 0.003% |
| Amapá | 81 | 0.011% |
| Alagoas | 71 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 60 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 52 | 0.002% |
| Espírito Santo | 51 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 47 | 0.002% |
| Tocantins | 46 | 0.003% |
| Acre | 40 | 0.005% |
| Paraíba | 34 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 26 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 22 | 0.001% |
| Roraima | 22 | 0.004% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Edelson
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records the formation Edel- + -son. According to the Morfemário (morpheme list) of the same dictionary, Edel- comes from Germanic athal (Old High German adal), 'noble', and -son is the English patronymic element 'son of', as in Anderson and Jackson. Because the two elements come from different languages and no source gives a meaning for the whole name, the meaning of Edelson is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,889 people named Edelson, with a median age of 40, almost always male and mostly born in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Rondônia.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Edelson · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Morfemário: Edel- e -son · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Edelson
What does the name Edelson mean?
The meaning of Edelson 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 Edelson in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,889 people with the first name Edelson, which ranks it number 2,776 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Edelson a boy's or a girl's name?
Edelson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 4,871 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Edelson most common?
Proportionally, in Rondônia: 0.010% of the state's population is named Edelson (157 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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