Meaning of the nameQuesia

Quesia is a feminine name, a spelling of Quezia, the Portuguese form of the biblical name of Job's daughter, from the Hebrew Qetsiah, 'cassia'.

Meaning

“cassia, an aromatic bark”

Source: Behind the Name: Keziah · Bible Hub: Strong's H7103, Qetsiah

People (2022): 5,607
Rank in Brazil: #2,537
Median age: 24 years
2010 Census: 7,158; people

Quesia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Quesia, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (1,594 people).

5,574 women 33 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 Quesia is most common

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

Rondônia 0.007%
Bahia 0.007%
Rio de Janeiro 0.004%
Mato Grosso 0.004%
Pará 0.003%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	979	0.002%
Bahia	941	0.007%
Rio de Janeiro	625	0.004%
Minas Gerais	542	0.003%
Pará	274	0.003%
Pernambuco	233	0.003%
Paraná	218	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	205	0.002%
Goiás	203	0.003%
Santa Catarina	141	0.002%
Mato Grosso	139	0.004%
Espírito Santo	131	0.003%
Amazonas	120	0.003%
Rondônia	116	0.007%
Maranhão	114	0.002%
Ceará	100	0.001%
Distrito Federal	82	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	74	0.003%
Piauí	55	0.002%
Alagoas	52	0.002%
Paraíba	45	0.001%
Acre	45	0.005%
Sergipe	44	0.002%
Amapá	37	0.005%
Tocantins	35	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	31	0.001%
Roraima	26	0.004%

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

About the name Quesia

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Quezia as a spelling variant of Quesia. Quezia is the spelling of the name of Job's second daughter in the biblical book of Job (42:14), in a Portuguese version reproduced on Bible Hub. Behind the Name gives the name as Keziah, from the Hebrew Qetzi'a, from a word that designates cassia, and Strong's records the same Hebrew word with the sense of 'cassia', an aromatic bark. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,607 people named Quesia, with a median age of 24.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Quesia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Bible Hub: Jó 42:14 em várias versões · biblehub.com · origin
Behind the Name: Keziah · behindthename.com · meaning
Bible Hub: Strong's H7103, Qetsiah · biblehub.com · meaning

Questions about the name Quesia

What does the name Quesia mean?

Quesia means “cassia, an aromatic bark”, according to Behind the Name and Bible Hub.

How many people are named Quesia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,607 people with the first name Quesia, which ranks it number 2,537 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Quesia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 5,574 women and 33 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Quesia?

Quesia is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Quesia most common?

Proportionally, in Rondônia: 0.007% of the state's population is named Quesia (116 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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