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Meaning of the nameTales

Tales is a male name of Greek origin that Behind the Name links to the verb thállō, 'to flourish'.

Meaning

“from the Greek verb thállō, 'to flourish'”

Source: Behind the Name: Thales

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People (2022)
35,122
Rank in Brazil
#734
Median age
18 years
2010 Census
34,146
people

Tales in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Tales, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (9,953 people).

294 women 34,828 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 Tales is most common

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

  1. Minas Gerais 0.030%
  2. Rio Grande do Sul 0.022%
  3. Rio Grande do Norte 0.021%
  4. Goiás 0.020%
  5. Alagoas 0.020%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo7,3330.017%
Minas Gerais6,1040.030%
Rio de Janeiro2,5600.016%
Bahia2,4150.017%
Rio Grande do Sul2,4080.022%
Ceará1,6890.019%
Pernambuco1,5670.017%
Goiás1,4390.020%
Pará1,1500.014%
Paraná1,0480.009%
Santa Catarina7740.010%
Paraíba7680.019%
Espírito Santo7640.020%
Rio Grande do Norte6850.021%
Alagoas6330.020%
Maranhão5630.008%
Distrito Federal5120.018%
Amazonas4400.011%
Mato Grosso4400.012%
Mato Grosso do Sul4110.015%
Piauí3790.012%
Sergipe3700.017%
Rondônia2160.014%
Tocantins1710.011%
Acre1220.015%
Amapá980.013%
Roraima630.010%

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

About the name Tales

Behind the Name gives Thales as a Greek name derived from the verb thállō, 'to flourish', and also records it in Brazilian Portuguese. Wiktionary gives English Thales as coming from Ancient Greek Θαλῆς. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Thales and Talez as spelling variants of Tales. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 35,122 people named Tales, with a median age of 18. Talles and Thalles double the L.

This is the Portuguese-adapted spelling, without TH, which the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil uses as its entry.

Other spellings of Tales

SpellingPeople (2022)
Thales37,326
Tales35,122
Thalles13,366
Talles7,844

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Thales · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Thales · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Tales · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Tales

What does the name Tales mean?

Tales means “from the Greek verb thállō, 'to flourish'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Tales in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 35,122 people with the first name Tales, which ranks it number 734 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

Tales is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 294 women and 34,828 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Tales?

Tales is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Tales most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.030% of the state's population is named Tales (6,104 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Tales?

Thales, Thalles and Talles. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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