Meaning of the nameVilson

Vilson is a masculine name, a Brazilian spelling of Wilson, an English surname meaning 'son of William'.

Meaning

“from Wilson, an English surname meaning 'son of William'”

Source: Wiktionary: Wilson · Behind the Name: Wilson

People (2022): 37,665
Rank in Brazil: #701
Median age: 54 years
2010 Census: 43,319; people

Vilson in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Vilson, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (11,440 people).

87 women 37,578 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 Vilson is most common

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

Santa Catarina 0.088%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.078%
Paraná 0.057%
Mato Grosso 0.032%
Rondônia 0.030%

All states

State	People	% of population
Rio Grande do Sul	8,484	0.078%
Santa Catarina	6,703	0.088%
Paraná	6,530	0.057%
São Paulo	4,166	0.009%
Minas Gerais	2,452	0.012%
Bahia	1,406	0.010%
Mato Grosso	1,157	0.032%
Rio de Janeiro	1,124	0.007%
Goiás	842	0.012%
Mato Grosso do Sul	804	0.029%
Pará	690	0.009%
Maranhão	599	0.009%
Espírito Santo	572	0.015%
Rondônia	473	0.030%
Amazonas	414	0.011%
Tocantins	251	0.017%
Distrito Federal	218	0.008%
Piauí	189	0.006%
Pernambuco	132	0.002%
Ceará	101	0.001%
Roraima	81	0.013%
Sergipe	78	0.004%
Acre	61	0.007%
Amapá	51	0.007%
Alagoas	30	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	29	0.001%
Paraíba	28	0.001%

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

About the name Vilson

Behind the Name explains Wilson as an English surname meaning 'son of William' and lists Vilson as its variant in Brazilian Portuguese; Wiktionary analyzes Wilson as Will, a short form of William, plus -son. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) notes that the pronunciation of the initial W varies in Brazil, which explains spellings such as Wilson, Vilson and Uilson. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 37,665 people named Vilson, with a median age of 54; the name is almost always male and, proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Vilson

What does the name Vilson mean?

Vilson means “from Wilson, an English surname meaning 'son of William'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Vilson in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 37,665 people with the first name Vilson, which ranks it number 701 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Vilson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 87 women and 37,578 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Vilson?

Vilson is a name of English origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Vilson most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.088% of the state's population is named Vilson (6,703 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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