Meaning of the nameJailsom
- Male
- Jail-som
Jailsom is a spelling of Jailson with -m, a Brazilian male name ending in -son, 'son of'; the beginning Ja- has no known origin.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,520 people named Jailsom, the 6,199th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 37, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.
Meaning
The meaning of Jailsom 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)
- 1,520
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,199
- Median age
- 37 years
- 2010 Census
- 3,048
- people
Jailsom in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Jailsom, 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 (404 people).
0 women 1,510 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 Jailsom is most common
States with the highest share of people named Jailsom in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Pará 0.002%
- Pernambuco 0.002%
- Bahia 0.002%
- São Paulo 0.000%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 225 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 166 | 0.002% |
| São Paulo | 152 | 0.000% |
| Pará | 151 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 91 | 0.003% |
| Maranhão | 85 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 78 | 0.000% |
| Paraíba | 75 | 0.002% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 65 | 0.000% |
| Alagoas | 56 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 55 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 46 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 43 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 35 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 29 | 0.000% |
| Espírito Santo | 28 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 25 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 24 | 0.000% |
| Sergipe | 19 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 17 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 15 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 15 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Jailsom
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records Jailsom as a spelling variant of Jailson, which it analyzes as Ja- + -ilson, without an etymology. According to the Morfemário, -ilson is probably a fragment of Nilson and Wilson, English patronymics, and -son is the English formative 'son of'. The origin of Ja- is uncertain, and the meaning is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,520 people named Jailsom, with a median age of 37. The name is almost always male, and the peak is in the 1980s.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Jailson · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ilson, -son) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Jailsom
What does the name Jailsom mean?
The meaning of Jailsom 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 Jailsom in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,520 people with the first name Jailsom, which ranks it number 6,199 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Jailsom a boy's or a girl's name?
Jailsom is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,510 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Jailsom most common?
Proportionally, in Pará: 0.002% of the state's population is named Jailsom (151 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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