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Meaning of the nameThayson

Thayson is a spelling of the name Taison.

Meaning

The meaning of Thayson 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)
1,393
Rank in Brazil
#6,593
Median age
11 years
2010 Census
377
people

Thayson in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Thayson, 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 (588 people).

0 women 1,384 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 Thayson is most common

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

  1. Maranhão 0.003%
  2. Pará 0.001%
  3. Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Maranhão2110.003%
Minas Gerais1380.001%
Pará1170.001%
Rio de Janeiro930.001%
Amazonas900.002%
Piauí800.002%
Pernambuco770.001%
Bahia720.001%
São Paulo670.000%
Ceará660.001%
Goiás440.001%
Mato Grosso390.001%
Espírito Santo370.001%
Rio Grande do Sul360.000%
Paraná310.000%
Paraíba260.001%
Tocantins240.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul210.001%
Santa Catarina200.000%
Rio Grande do Norte200.001%
Alagoas170.001%
Rondônia160.001%
Distrito Federal150.001%

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

The spelling Thayson

The spelling with th and y, the least frequent of the three; most of the people were born from 2010 onward.

About the name Taison

The ending -son is described in the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) as a name-forming element that comes from English, where it is a patronymic suffix meaning 'son of', found in names such as Edson, Jefferson and Claydson; the same text notes that the s is pronounced [s], not [z]. The origin of the beginning of the name (Tai-, Tay-, Thay-) and the meaning of the whole are not known for certain. The same dictionary groups Taison with the variants Taisom, Taysom, Tayson, Thaisom, Thaison and Thayson. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,607 people named Taison, almost always men, with a median age of 13, and most of them were born from 2000 onward.

Other spellings of Taison

SpellingPeople (2022)
Taison2,607
Tayson1,916
Thayson1,393

Sources

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

Questions about the name Thayson

What does the name Thayson mean?

The meaning of Thayson 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 Thayson in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,393 people with the first name Thayson, which ranks it number 6,593 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

Thayson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,384 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Thayson most common?

Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.003% of the state's population is named Thayson (211 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Thayson?

Taison and Tayson. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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