Meaning of the nameJanailton
- Male
- Ja-nail-ton
Janailton is a Brazilian male name ending in -ilton, an ending the morpheme list links to Milton; the meaning of the whole name is not known for certain.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,320 people named Janailton, the 6,873rd most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 32, and the largest group was born in the 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Paraíba.
Meaning
The meaning of Janailton 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)
- 1,320
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,873
- Median age
- 32 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,466
- people
Janailton in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Janailton, 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 (438 people).
0 women 1,319 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 Janailton is most common
States with the highest share of people named Janailton in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Paraíba 0.004%
- Pernambuco 0.002%
- Bahia 0.002%
- São Paulo 0.000%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 308 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 206 | 0.002% |
| Paraíba | 160 | 0.004% |
| São Paulo | 147 | 0.000% |
| Maranhão | 64 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 58 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 56 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 44 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 40 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 39 | 0.000% |
| Alagoas | 38 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 35 | 0.000% |
| Pará | 25 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 21 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Janailton
The morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records -ilton as an element that is probably a fragment taken from given names such as Milton, and lists Jailton and Nailton among the Brazilian names with this ending. How Janailton itself was formed is uncertain, and the meaning of the name is not known for certain. It is almost always a male name, with most of the people born between the 1980s and the 1990s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,320 people named Janailton, with a median age of 32; proportionally, it is most common in Paraíba.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Janailton
What does the name Janailton mean?
The meaning of Janailton 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 Janailton in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,320 people with the first name Janailton, which ranks it number 6,873 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Janailton a boy's or a girl's name?
Janailton is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,319 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Janailton most common?
Proportionally, in Paraíba: 0.004% of the state's population is named Janailton (160 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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