Meaning of the nameThalles

Male
Greek origin
Thal-les

Thalles is a spelling of the name Tales, which means “from the Greek verb thállō, 'to flourish'”.

Meaning

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

Meaning of the name Tales, of which Thalles is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Thales

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People (2022): 13,366
Rank in Brazil: #1,387
Median age: 9 years
2010 Census: 4,012; people

Thalles in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Thalles, 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 (5,351 people).

95 women 13,271 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 Thalles is most common

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

Rio de Janeiro 0.013%
Minas Gerais 0.011%
Espírito Santo 0.011%
Paraíba 0.009%
Goiás 0.007%

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	2,181	0.011%
São Paulo	2,147	0.005%
Rio de Janeiro	2,063	0.013%
Bahia	965	0.007%
Pernambuco	632	0.007%
Rio Grande do Sul	581	0.005%
Pará	509	0.006%
Goiás	507	0.007%
Paraná	422	0.004%
Espírito Santo	405	0.011%
Ceará	344	0.004%
Paraíba	338	0.009%
Santa Catarina	263	0.004%
Maranhão	255	0.004%
Amazonas	217	0.006%
Mato Grosso	215	0.006%
Rio Grande do Norte	195	0.006%
Distrito Federal	187	0.007%
Alagoas	179	0.006%
Piauí	178	0.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul	146	0.005%
Sergipe	137	0.006%
Tocantins	93	0.006%
Amapá	69	0.009%
Rondônia	68	0.004%
Roraima	37	0.006%
Acre	33	0.004%

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

The spelling Thalles

It brings together the TH and the doubled LL; most of the people with this spelling were born from 2010 onward.

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.

Other spellings of Tales

Spelling	People (2022)
Thales	37,326
Tales	35,122
Thalles	13,366
Talles	7,844

Sources

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

Questions about the name Thalles

What does the name Thalles mean?

Thalles means “from the Greek verb thállō, 'to flourish'”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Tales, of which Thalles is a spelling.

How many people are named Thalles in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 13,366 people with the first name Thalles, which ranks it number 1,387 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

Thalles is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 95 women and 13,271 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Thalles?

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

In which Brazilian state is Thalles most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.013% of the state's population is named Thalles (2,063 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Thalles?

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

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