Meaning of the nameEdison

Male
English origin
E-di-son

Edison is a masculine name that comes from an English surname with a patronymic sense, 'son of Eda' or 'son of Adam', according to Behind the Name.

Meaning

“son of Eda or of Adam (English surname)”

Source: Behind the Name: Edison · Wiktionary: Edison

People (2022): 33,343
Rank in Brazil: #758
Median age: 49 years
2010 Census: 34,927; people

Edison in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Edison, 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 (8,069 people).

132 women 33,211 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 Edison is most common

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

Rio Grande do Sul 0.030%
Rondônia 0.025%
Paraná 0.024%
Roraima 0.022%
Amapá 0.022%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	8,671	0.020%
Rio Grande do Sul	3,210	0.030%
Paraná	2,703	0.024%
Minas Gerais	2,644	0.013%
Rio de Janeiro	2,110	0.013%
Bahia	1,879	0.013%
Pará	1,666	0.021%
Santa Catarina	1,449	0.019%
Maranhão	1,090	0.016%
Goiás	1,008	0.014%
Pernambuco	922	0.010%
Mato Grosso	650	0.018%
Amazonas	633	0.016%
Espírito Santo	582	0.015%
Mato Grosso do Sul	578	0.021%
Ceará	576	0.007%
Piauí	477	0.015%
Rondônia	392	0.025%
Distrito Federal	349	0.012%
Tocantins	316	0.021%
Paraíba	304	0.008%
Rio Grande do Norte	256	0.008%
Alagoas	250	0.008%
Sergipe	187	0.009%
Amapá	161	0.022%
Roraima	142	0.022%
Acre	138	0.017%

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

About the name Edison

Behind the Name records Edison as a masculine name also used in Brazil and explains it from an English surname that meant 'son of Eda' or 'son of Adam'. Wiktionary gives another reading for the English surname: Eddie with the suffix -son, 'son of Edward'. The Morfemário (morpheme list) of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes -son as an English patronymic formative, 'son of', and cites Edson among the names taken from English. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 33,343 people named Edison, a name almost always male, with a median age of 49. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

Behind the Name: Edison · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Edison · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-son) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Edison

What does the name Edison mean?

Edison means “son of Eda or of Adam (English surname)”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Edison in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 33,343 people with the first name Edison, which ranks it number 758 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Edison is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 132 women and 33,211 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Edison?

Edison is a name of English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Edison most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.030% of the state's population is named Edison (3,210 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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