Meaning of the nameTailson
- Male
- Tail-son
Tailson is a Brazilian masculine name with the ending -son, an English formative that indicates 'son of', and its full meaning is not documented.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,043 people named Tailson, the 5,041st most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 21, and the largest group was born in the 2000s. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.
Meaning
The meaning of Tailson 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)
- 2,043
- Rank in Brazil
- #5,041
- Median age
- 21 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,321
- people
Tailson in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Tailson, 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 (1,127 people).
21 women 2,022 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 Tailson is most common
States with the highest share of people named Tailson in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Maranhão | 401 | 0.006% |
| Bahia | 361 | 0.003% |
| Pará | 261 | 0.003% |
| São Paulo | 129 | 0.000% |
| Ceará | 105 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 105 | 0.003% |
| Pernambuco | 85 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 75 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 60 | 0.000% |
| Santa Catarina | 57 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 46 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 40 | 0.000% |
| Paraná | 39 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 35 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 34 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 32 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 30 | 0.000% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 28 | 0.000% |
| Tocantins | 23 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 21 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 18 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Tailson
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes -son as a patronymic formative from English, 'son of', and lists among the Brazilian names with this ending, for example, Talison. The Morfemário also gives the formative -ilson, probably taken from Nilson and Wilson, with similar names such as Jailson, Mailson and Nailson. The origin of Tail- is uncertain, and the meaning of the whole name is not documented. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,043 people named Tailson, with a median age of 21, most of them born in the 1990s and 2000s; proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-son) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Tailson
What does the name Tailson mean?
The meaning of Tailson 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 Tailson in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,043 people with the first name Tailson, which ranks it number 5,041 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.
Is Tailson a boy's or a girl's name?
Tailson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 21 women and 2,022 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Tailson most common?
Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.006% of the state's population is named Tailson (401 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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