Meaning of the nameJabson
- Male
- Jab-son
Jabson is a Brazilian masculine name ending in -son, an element of English origin that indicates descent, 'son of'.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,164 people named Jabson, the 7,466th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 31, and the largest group was born in the 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Meaning
The meaning of Jabson 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)
- 1,164
- Rank in Brazil
- #7,466
- Median age
- 31 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,191
- people
Jabson in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Jabson, 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 (396 people).
0 women 1,155 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 Jabson is most common
States with the highest share of people named Jabson in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 396 | 0.003% |
| São Paulo | 165 | 0.000% |
| Pernambuco | 93 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 52 | 0.000% |
| Alagoas | 47 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 45 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 42 | 0.000% |
| Espírito Santo | 38 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 37 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 33 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 26 | 0.000% |
| Maranhão | 25 | 0.000% |
| Ceará | 21 | 0.000% |
| Rondônia | 20 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 19 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 17 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 17 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Jabson
Jabson ends in -son, which the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes as an English patronymic formative, 'son of', found in Anderson, Edson and Jefferson. The origin of the beginning of the name, Jab-, is uncertain, and the meaning of the whole name is not documented. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,164 people named Jabson, with a median age of 31. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia, and the name appears almost always as male.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-son) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Jabson
What does the name Jabson mean?
The meaning of Jabson 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 Jabson in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,164 people with the first name Jabson, which ranks it number 7,466 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Jabson a boy's or a girl's name?
Jabson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,155 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Jabson most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.003% of the state's population is named Jabson (396 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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