Meaning of the nameJairon
- Male
- Jai-ron
Jairon is a Brazilian male name of uncertain origin, ending in -on, recorded mostly among people born from 1960 to 2000.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,860 people named Jairon, the 5,365th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 35, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.
Meaning
The meaning of Jairon 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)
- 1,860
- Rank in Brazil
- #5,365
- Median age
- 35 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,665
- people
Jairon in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Jairon, 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 (559 people).
0 women 1,854 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 Jairon is most common
States with the highest share of people named Jairon in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Maranhão 0.007%
- Piauí 0.004%
- Pernambuco 0.002%
- Pará 0.002%
- Ceará 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Maranhão | 474 | 0.007% |
| Pernambuco | 160 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 143 | 0.004% |
| Bahia | 123 | 0.001% |
| São Paulo | 122 | 0.000% |
| Pará | 119 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 100 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 87 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 75 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 71 | 0.002% |
| Tocantins | 49 | 0.003% |
| Amazonas | 48 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 37 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 35 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 32 | 0.000% |
| Distrito Federal | 29 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 25 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 23 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 21 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 20 | 0.000% |
| Acre | 20 | 0.002% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Jairon
The origin of Jairon is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,860 people named Jairon, with a median age of 35. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão. Jair, a name of Hebrew origin (yāʾîr), has a similar spelling. Most of the records are of people born in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, and the name is almost always male.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Jair · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Questions about the name Jairon
What does the name Jairon mean?
The meaning of Jairon 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 Jairon in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,860 people with the first name Jairon, which ranks it number 5,365 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Jairon a boy's or a girl's name?
Jairon is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,854 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Jairon most common?
Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.007% of the state's population is named Jairon (474 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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