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Meaning of the nameEdilso

Edilso is a male name of uncertain origin, written without the final -n of Edilson, the form that has an entry in the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

Meaning

The meaning of Edilso 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)
1,209
Rank in Brazil
#7,274
Median age
46 years
2010 Census
2,360
people

Edilso in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Edilso, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (362 people).

0 women 1,204 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 Edilso is most common

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

  1. Bahia 0.001%
  2. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1320.000%
Bahia1010.001%
Paraná980.001%
Santa Catarina920.001%
Pará890.001%
Pernambuco850.001%
Mato Grosso780.002%
Minas Gerais510.000%
Rio de Janeiro500.000%
Maranhão490.001%
Rio Grande do Sul450.000%
Goiás430.001%
Ceará420.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul330.001%
Alagoas310.001%
Amazonas270.001%
Rondônia260.002%
Piauí250.001%
Espírito Santo240.001%
Paraíba230.001%
Rio Grande do Norte160.001%

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

About the name Edilso

The origin of the spelling Edilso is uncertain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Edilson, with the spelling variants Ediilson, Edilsom, Edylson and Hedilson, without including Edilso. The Morfemário describes Ed-/Edi- as an element of Anglo-Saxon origin (ead, 'wealth, goods') in Brazilian names such as Edilberto, Edilene and Edileide, which does not by itself establish the origin of Edilso. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,209 people named Edilso, almost always men, with a median age of 46, most born in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Edilso

What does the name Edilso mean?

The meaning of Edilso 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 Edilso in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,209 people with the first name Edilso, which ranks it number 7,274 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Edilso is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,204 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Edilso most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.001% of the state's population is named Edilso (101 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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