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Meaning of the nameTalison

Talison is a Brazilian male name ending in -son, also written Talisson, Thalison, Thalisson and Thalyson.

Meaning

The meaning of Talison 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)
15,041
Rank in Brazil
#1,289
Median age
14 years
2010 Census
14,761
people

Talison in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Talison, 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 (5,244 people).

125 women 14,916 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 Talison is most common

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

  1. Maranhão 0.027%
  2. Acre 0.022%
  3. Pará 0.020%
  4. Rondônia 0.018%
  5. Amazonas 0.015%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Maranhão1,8130.027%
Pará1,6080.020%
Minas Gerais1,2940.006%
Bahia1,2080.009%
São Paulo1,0380.002%
Pernambuco9690.011%
Ceará7300.008%
Goiás6260.009%
Amazonas6030.015%
Rio Grande do Sul5570.005%
Rio de Janeiro4920.003%
Piauí4640.014%
Rio Grande do Norte4520.014%
Mato Grosso3960.011%
Alagoas3370.011%
Rondônia2870.018%
Mato Grosso do Sul2810.010%
Paraná2780.002%
Santa Catarina2770.004%
Paraíba2380.006%
Espírito Santo2300.006%
Tocantins2240.015%
Acre1800.022%
Distrito Federal1650.006%
Sergipe1280.006%
Roraima890.014%
Amapá770.011%

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

About the name Talison

The origin of the beginning Tali- is uncertain. The morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) cites Talison among the Brazilian names formed with -son, a patronymic formative from English meaning 'son of', and notes that the initial s of this ending sounds like [s] even between vowels. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 15,041 people named Talison, with a median age of 14. The dictionary records Talisson with variants such as Talysson and Thalyssom, and the spellings in the group vary between s and ss, with or without an h after the T, and with y in place of i.

The most common spelling in the group, with a single s and no h.

Other spellings of Talison

SpellingPeople (2022)
Talison15,041
Talisson14,127
Thalisson7,062
Thalison6,353
Thalyson3,623

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-son) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Talisson · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Talison

What does the name Talison mean?

The meaning of Talison 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 Talison in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 15,041 people with the first name Talison, which ranks it number 1,289 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Talison is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 125 women and 14,916 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Talison most common?

Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.027% of the state's population is named Talison (1,813 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Talison?

Talisson, Thalisson, Thalison and Thalyson. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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