Meaning of the nameVanilson
- Male
- Va-nil-son
Vanilson is a Brazilian male name formed with the English-origin ending -son, which indicates filiation; the whole name has no meaning known with certainty.
Meaning
The meaning of Vanilson 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)
- 8,502
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,914
- Median age
- 36 years
- 2010 Census
- 9,345
- people
Vanilson in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Vanilson, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (2,591 people).
44 women 8,458 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 Vanilson is most common
States with the highest share of people named Vanilson in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Pará 0.012%
- Maranhão 0.011%
- Bahia 0.009%
- Amazonas 0.006%
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.006%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 1,324 | 0.009% |
| Minas Gerais | 1,151 | 0.006% |
| São Paulo | 954 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 939 | 0.012% |
| Maranhão | 744 | 0.011% |
| Goiás | 357 | 0.005% |
| Pernambuco | 353 | 0.004% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 290 | 0.002% |
| Amazonas | 242 | 0.006% |
| Paraná | 223 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso | 210 | 0.006% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 190 | 0.006% |
| Paraíba | 181 | 0.005% |
| Espírito Santo | 150 | 0.004% |
| Santa Catarina | 144 | 0.002% |
| Alagoas | 144 | 0.005% |
| Ceará | 134 | 0.002% |
| Piauí | 126 | 0.004% |
| Sergipe | 103 | 0.005% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 92 | 0.003% |
| Tocantins | 92 | 0.006% |
| Distrito Federal | 88 | 0.003% |
| Rondônia | 81 | 0.005% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 65 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 50 | 0.007% |
| Acre | 42 | 0.005% |
| Roraima | 33 | 0.005% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Vanilson
The morphemary of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil cites Vanilson among the examples of the element Van-, for which it gathers different hypotheses, without a conclusion. For the ending, it describes -son as an English patronymic formative, 'son of', and -ilson as a probable fragment of names such as Nilson and Wilson. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 8,502 people named Vanilson, with a median age of 36. Most were born in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s; the name is almost always male and, proportionally, most common in Pará.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Vanilson · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Vanilson
What does the name Vanilson mean?
The meaning of Vanilson 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 Vanilson in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 8,502 people with the first name Vanilson, which ranks it number 1,914 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Vanilson a boy's or a girl's name?
Vanilson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 44 women and 8,458 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Vanilson most common?
Proportionally, in Pará: 0.012% of the state's population is named Vanilson (939 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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