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Meaning of the nameEdimilsom

Edimilsom is a male name that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists as a spelling variant of Edmilson, with the ending -som.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,173 people named Edimilsom, the 4,832nd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 47, and the largest group was born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

Meaning

The meaning of Edimilsom 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)
2,173
Rank in Brazil
#4,832
Median age
47 years
2010 Census
3,932
people

Edimilsom in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Edimilsom, 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 (673 people).

0 women 2,165 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 Edimilsom is most common

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

  1. Pará 0.002%
  2. Maranhão 0.002%
  3. Bahia 0.002%
  4. Pernambuco 0.002%
  5. Goiás 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo2970.001%
Minas Gerais2460.001%
Bahia2340.002%
Pará1860.002%
Pernambuco1520.002%
Maranhão1210.002%
Goiás1110.002%
Rio de Janeiro970.001%
Ceará940.001%
Paraíba700.002%
Rio Grande do Sul620.001%
Piauí620.002%
Paraná590.001%
Tocantins590.004%
Rio Grande do Norte500.002%
Mato Grosso490.001%
Espírito Santo340.001%
Amazonas310.001%
Alagoas290.001%
Rondônia290.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul220.001%
Distrito Federal190.001%
Sergipe190.001%
Santa Catarina170.000%

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

About the name Edimilsom

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records Edimilsom among the spelling variants of Edmilson. The Morfemário of the same dictionary places Edmilson in the entry Ed-, Edi-, Ede-, which comes from the Old English ead, 'wealth, goods', and describes -son as the English ending meaning 'son of'. The middle element, -mil-, has no documented meaning, and the origin of the name as a whole is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,173 people named Edimilsom, with a median age of 47. It is almost always a male name, with the largest group born in the 1970s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Edimilsom

What does the name Edimilsom mean?

The meaning of Edimilsom 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 Edimilsom in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,173 people with the first name Edimilsom, which ranks it number 4,832 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Edimilsom is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,165 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Edimilsom most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.002% of the state's population is named Edimilsom (186 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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