Meaning of the nameJoadson
- Male
- Jo-ad-son
Joadson is a Brazilian masculine name that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil explains as Jo- plus the name Adson, or as Joad with -son.
Meaning
The meaning of Joadson 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)
- 1,963
- Rank in Brazil
- #5,179
- Median age
- 23 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,653
- people
Joadson in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Joadson, 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 (591 people).
0 women 1,954 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 Joadson is most common
States with the highest share of people named Joadson in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.006%
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.004%
- Maranhão 0.002%
- Pernambuco 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.000%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 871 | 0.006% |
| Maranhão | 160 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 145 | 0.004% |
| São Paulo | 139 | 0.000% |
| Pernambuco | 127 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 60 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 55 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 51 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 35 | 0.000% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 35 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 35 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 35 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 33 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 25 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 25 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 25 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso | 18 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 18 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 17 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Joadson
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil indicates that Joadson may have been formed from the element Jo- and the name Adson. Another hypothesis is the addition of the ending -son to the name Joad, which Machado (1981) links to the Hebrew Iehoiada, with the sense of 'beloved of God'. Because there are two explanations, the meaning of Joadson is not known for certain. The spelling Joadsom is cited as a variant. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,963 people named Joadson, with a median age of 23. According to the Morfemário, the ending -son comes from English, with the sense of 'son of'. Most were born in the 1990s and 2000s.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Joadson · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- IBGE, 2022 Census: Nomes no Brasil · censo2022.ibge.gov.br · usage
Questions about the name Joadson
What does the name Joadson mean?
The meaning of Joadson 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 Joadson in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,963 people with the first name Joadson, which ranks it number 5,179 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Joadson a boy's or a girl's name?
Joadson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,954 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Joadson most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.006% of the state's population is named Joadson (871 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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