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Meaning of the nameGleisson

Gleisson is a spelling of the name Gleison.

Meaning

The meaning of Gleisson 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)
3,970
Rank in Brazil
#3,210
Median age
30 years
2010 Census
4,417
people

Gleisson in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Gleisson, 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 (1,429 people).

0 women 3,954 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 Gleisson is most common

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

  1. Minas Gerais 0.007%
  2. Distrito Federal 0.004%
  3. Goiás 0.003%
  4. Bahia 0.003%
  5. Maranhão 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Minas Gerais1,3610.007%
Bahia4020.003%
São Paulo3230.001%
Goiás2020.003%
Pernambuco1760.002%
Rio de Janeiro1550.001%
Maranhão1360.002%
Ceará1240.001%
Pará1230.002%
Distrito Federal1040.004%
Acre960.012%
Rio Grande do Sul930.001%
Espírito Santo890.002%
Paraná850.001%
Mato Grosso770.002%
Piauí640.002%
Rondônia580.004%
Santa Catarina570.001%
Amazonas430.001%
Rio Grande do Norte390.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul360.001%
Tocantins330.002%
Paraíba310.001%
Alagoas300.001%
Sergipe180.001%

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

The spelling Gleisson

It writes -sson with SS; the Morfemário observes that the S of -son sounds like S even between vowels. Proportionally, it is most common in Minas Gerais.

About the name Gleison

Gleison ends in -son, a formative that the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) takes from English -son, 'son of', found in borrowings such as Edson and Jackson and in Brazilian names such as Adeison and Aleison. The origin of the beginning Glei- is uncertain, and the name has no known meaning as a whole. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 19,303 people named Gleison, with a median age of 31. The name is almost always male, peaked among men born in the 1990s and, proportionally, is most common in Acre. Gleisson and Gleyson are other spellings of the same name.

Other spellings of Gleison

SpellingPeople (2022)
Gleison19,303
Gleisson3,970
Gleyson3,608

Sources

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

Questions about the name Gleisson

What does the name Gleisson mean?

The meaning of Gleisson 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 Gleisson in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,970 people with the first name Gleisson, which ranks it number 3,210 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Gleisson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 3,954 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Gleisson most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.007% of the state's population is named Gleisson (1,361 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Gleisson?

Gleison and Gleyson. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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