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Meaning of the nameOdenilson

Odenilson is a masculine name of Brazilian formation ending in -son, an element that comes from English and means 'son of'.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 926 people named Odenilson, the 8,729th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 40, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

Meaning

The meaning of Odenilson 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)
926
Rank in Brazil
#8,729
Median age
40 years
2010 Census
1,026
people

Odenilson in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Odenilson, 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 (268 people).

0 women 924 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 Odenilson is most common

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

  1. Pará 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pará2270.003%
Bahia890.001%
Amazonas760.002%
São Paulo740.000%
Paraná640.001%
Mato Grosso570.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul550.002%
Minas Gerais490.000%
Maranhão310.001%
Santa Catarina300.000%
Goiás240.000%
Rio de Janeiro200.000%
Amapá190.003%

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

About the name Odenilson

Odenilson ends in -son, an English patronymic formative, 'son of', according to the morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil. The ending -ilson appears there as a probable fragment of names such as Nilson and Wilson. The formation of the beginning of the name, Oden-, is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 926 people named Odenilson, with a median age of 40. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará. The birth peak is in the 1980s. The name is almost always male.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Odenilson

What does the name Odenilson mean?

The meaning of Odenilson 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 Odenilson in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 926 people with the first name Odenilson, which ranks it number 8,729 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Odenilson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 924 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Odenilson most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.003% of the state's population is named Odenilson (227 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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