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Meaning of the nameJader

Jader is a male name of uncertain origin, with a birth peak in the 1980s and the spelling variant Jadher.

Meaning

The meaning of Jader 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)
11,513
Rank in Brazil
#1,545
Median age
37 years
2010 Census
13,042
people

Jader in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jader, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (3,915 people).

201 women 11,312 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 Jader is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.018%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.010%
  3. Santa Catarina 0.008%
  4. Espírito Santo 0.007%
  5. Distrito Federal 0.007%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Minas Gerais2,0870.010%
Rio Grande do Sul2,0060.018%
São Paulo1,6890.004%
Rio de Janeiro8490.005%
Santa Catarina5940.008%
Pará4890.006%
Goiás4850.007%
Bahia4710.003%
Paraná4630.004%
Ceará2890.003%
Pernambuco2810.003%
Espírito Santo2800.007%
Mato Grosso2490.007%
Distrito Federal2010.007%
Mato Grosso do Sul1940.007%
Amazonas1460.004%
Paraíba1320.003%
Rio Grande do Norte1030.003%
Maranhão990.002%
Rondônia900.006%
Piauí840.003%
Tocantins700.005%
Alagoas530.002%
Amapá340.005%
Roraima320.005%
Acre220.003%
Sergipe210.001%

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

About the name Jader

The origin of Jader is not known for certain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Jadher, with an H, as a spelling variant. The name is almost always male, and the birth peak is in the 1980s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 11,513 people named Jader, with a median age of 37. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Jader · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Jader

What does the name Jader mean?

The meaning of Jader 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 Jader in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 11,513 people with the first name Jader, which ranks it number 1,545 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Jader is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 201 women and 11,312 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Jader most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.018% of the state's population is named Jader (2,006 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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