Meaning of the nameThalia
- Female
- Greek origin
- Tha-li-a
Thalia is a spelling of the name Tália, which means “to bloom”.
Meaning
“to bloom”
Meaning of the name Tália, of which Thalia is a spelling.
Source: Behind the Name: Thalia · Wiktionary: Thalia (English)
- People (2022)
- 23,266
- Rank in Brazil
- #962
- Median age
- 21 years
- 2010 Census
- 13,041
- people
Thalia in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Thalia, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (9,821 people).
23,132 women 134 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 Thalia is most common
States with the highest share of people named Thalia in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Amazonas 0.020%
- Maranhão 0.017%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.017%
- Amapá 0.017%
- Mato Grosso 0.016%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 4,165 | 0.009% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 1,946 | 0.012% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 1,803 | 0.017% |
| Minas Gerais | 1,770 | 0.009% |
| Paraná | 1,477 | 0.013% |
| Pará | 1,260 | 0.016% |
| Santa Catarina | 1,168 | 0.015% |
| Maranhão | 1,147 | 0.017% |
| Ceará | 1,089 | 0.012% |
| Bahia | 1,070 | 0.008% |
| Goiás | 825 | 0.012% |
| Amazonas | 772 | 0.020% |
| Pernambuco | 649 | 0.007% |
| Mato Grosso | 588 | 0.016% |
| Espírito Santo | 517 | 0.014% |
| Paraíba | 436 | 0.011% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 372 | 0.014% |
| Piauí | 365 | 0.011% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 318 | 0.010% |
| Alagoas | 265 | 0.009% |
| Sergipe | 252 | 0.011% |
| Distrito Federal | 247 | 0.009% |
| Rondônia | 245 | 0.016% |
| Tocantins | 193 | 0.013% |
| Amapá | 121 | 0.017% |
| Acre | 106 | 0.013% |
| Roraima | 100 | 0.016% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Thalia
It keeps the TH of the Greek and English spelling, without an accent; Wiktionary gives it as a variant of Tália.
About the name Tália
Wiktionary records Tália as a name of Greek origin, that of the Muse of comedy and of one of the three Graces in mythology. Behind the Name links Thalia to the Greek Θάλεια and to the verb θάλλω, 'to bloom', which Wiktionary translates as 'to bloom, to be lush'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 27,074 people named Tália, with a median age of 21. Most were born in the 1990s and 2000s and, proportionally, the name is most common in Acre. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Thalia and Thalya as spelling variants of Talia.
Other spellings of Tália
Sources
- Wiktionary: Tália · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Wiktionary: Thalia · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
- Behind the Name: Thalia · behindthename.com · meaning
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Talia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
- Wiktionary: Thalia (English) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Questions about the name Thalia
What does the name Thalia mean?
Thalia means “to bloom”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary. This is the meaning of the name Tália, of which Thalia is a spelling.
How many people are named Thalia in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 23,266 people with the first name Thalia, which ranks it number 962 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Thalia a boy's or a girl's name?
Thalia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 23,132 women and 134 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Thalia?
Thalia is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Thalia most common?
Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.020% of the state's population is named Thalia (772 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Thalia?
Tália and Thalya. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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