Meaning of the nameGleibson
- Male
- Gleib-son
Gleibson is a Brazilian male name of uncertain origin that ends in -son, a name-forming element of English origin.
Meaning
The meaning of Gleibson 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)
- 1,612
- Rank in Brazil
- #5,958
- Median age
- 28 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,733
- people
Gleibson in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Gleibson, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (491 people).
0 women 1,601 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 Gleibson is most common
States with the highest share of people named Gleibson in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Pernambuco 0.010%
- Pará 0.002%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Pernambuco | 875 | 0.010% |
| Pará | 119 | 0.002% |
| São Paulo | 85 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 85 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 63 | 0.000% |
| Minas Gerais | 44 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 40 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 37 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 30 | 0.000% |
| Alagoas | 30 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 28 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 27 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 26 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 23 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 22 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Gleibson
The origin of the name Gleibson as a whole is uncertain. The ending -son comes, according to the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), from English -son, a patronymic suffix meaning 'son of'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,612 people named Gleibson, with a median age of 28, almost always men and mostly born between the 1980s and 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pernambuco.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-son) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Gleibson
What does the name Gleibson mean?
The meaning of Gleibson 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 Gleibson in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,612 people with the first name Gleibson, which ranks it number 5,958 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Gleibson a boy's or a girl's name?
Gleibson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,601 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Gleibson most common?
Proportionally, in Pernambuco: 0.010% of the state's population is named Gleibson (875 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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