Meaning of the nameEdilton
- Male
- E-dil-ton
Edilton is a Brazilian male name formed from Ed- and the ending -ilton, a type of ending found in names such as Milton, Nilton and Wilton.
Meaning
The meaning of Edilton is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 3,763
- Rank in Brazil
- #3,333
- Median age
- 44 years
- 2010 Census
- 4,008
- people
Edilton in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Edilton, 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 (1,012 people).
0 women 3,754 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 Edilton is most common
States with the highest share of people named Edilton in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.009%
- Pernambuco 0.004%
- Piauí 0.004%
- Maranhão 0.003%
- Pará 0.002%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 1,299 | 0.009% |
| São Paulo | 457 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 367 | 0.004% |
| Maranhão | 184 | 0.003% |
| Pará | 168 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 142 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 134 | 0.004% |
| Goiás | 126 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 101 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 99 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 89 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 84 | 0.006% |
| Distrito Federal | 79 | 0.003% |
| Santa Catarina | 62 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 53 | 0.002% |
| Espírito Santo | 46 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 40 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 36 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 35 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 34 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 34 | 0.001% |
| Roraima | 20 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 18 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 18 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Edilton
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil analyzes Edilton as Ed- + -ilton. The Morfemário links the beginning Ed-/Edi- to Anglo-Saxon ead, 'wealth, possessions', and says that -ilton is probably a fragment taken from given names such as Milton. The meaning of the whole name is not described, so it is left without a defined meaning. Most of the people were born in the 1970s and 1980s, and the name is almost always male. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,763 people named Edilton, with a median age of 44; proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Edilton · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Edilton
What does the name Edilton mean?
The meaning of Edilton is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Edilton in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,763 people with the first name Edilton, which ranks it number 3,333 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Edilton a boy's or a girl's name?
Edilton is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 3,754 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Edilton most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.009% of the state's population is named Edilton (1,299 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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