Meaning of the nameGilsom

Gilsom is a male name, a spelling variant of Gilson, which Behind the Name gives as an English and French surname; the meaning of the whole name is not known for certain.

Meaning

The meaning of Gilsom 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): 2,669
Rank in Brazil: #4,215
Median age: 46 years
2010 Census: 5,492; people

Gilsom in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Gilsom, 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 (776 people).

0 women 2,661 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 Gilsom is most common

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

Minas Gerais 0.002%
Goiás 0.002%
Bahia 0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
Pará 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	404	0.002%
São Paulo	378	0.001%
Bahia	263	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	189	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	187	0.002%
Pará	139	0.002%
Goiás	139	0.002%
Paraná	128	0.001%
Santa Catarina	123	0.002%
Pernambuco	105	0.001%
Espírito Santo	96	0.003%
Maranhão	76	0.001%
Mato Grosso	68	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	51	0.002%
Paraíba	41	0.001%
Rondônia	37	0.002%
Tocantins	36	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	33	0.001%
Ceará	31	0.000%
Amazonas	29	0.001%
Piauí	26	0.001%
Alagoas	25	0.001%
Sergipe	25	0.001%
Distrito Federal	24	0.001%

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

About the name Gilsom

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Gilsom among the spelling variants of Gilson. Behind the Name describes Gilson as an English and French surname derived from the given name Giles, and Wiktionary analyzes it as Giles plus the element -son. The Morfemário, for its part, treats -son as an English element, 'son of', and Gil- as of uncertain origin, possibly a fragment of names such as Gilberto. Because the readings differ, the meaning of Gilsom is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,669 people named Gilsom, with a median age of 46. Births are concentrated in the 1960s to 1980s, and the name is almost always male.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Gilsom

What does the name Gilsom mean?

The meaning of Gilsom 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 Gilsom in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,669 people with the first name Gilsom, which ranks it number 4,215 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Gilsom is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,661 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Gilsom?

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

In which Brazilian state is Gilsom most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.002% of the state's population is named Gilsom (404 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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