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Meaning of the nameWellisson

Wellisson is a spelling of the name Welison.

Meaning

The meaning of Wellisson 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)
1,325
Rank in Brazil
#6,852
Median age
24 years
2010 Census
1,089
people

Wellisson in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Wellisson, 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 (519 people).

0 women 1,317 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 Wellisson is most common

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

  1. Maranhão 0.002%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  3. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Minas Gerais1980.001%
Maranhão1180.002%
São Paulo1080.000%
Pernambuco930.001%
Alagoas900.003%
Paraíba790.002%
Bahia760.001%
Rio de Janeiro650.000%
Goiás590.001%
Ceará530.001%
Pará510.001%
Paraná430.000%
Piauí360.001%
Sergipe360.002%
Rio Grande do Norte260.001%
Distrito Federal260.001%
Mato Grosso250.001%
Amazonas240.001%
Rio Grande do Sul220.000%
Espírito Santo210.001%
Santa Catarina190.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul180.001%
Tocantins150.001%

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

The spelling Wellisson

The spelling with double LL and SS, almost always male.

About the name Welison

The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) explains the ending -son as a patronymic formative from English, 'son of', found in names such as Alison, Edson and Jefferson, and notes that, even between vowels, the s of this ending sounds like [s]. The origin of the beginning Wel-, or Uel-, is uncertain, and so is the meaning of the whole name. The spellings vary between W and U at the start and between one and two Ls and Ss; all are almost always male and most frequent among those born in the 1990s and 2000s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 7,358 people named Welison, with a median age of 23.

Other spellings of Welison

SpellingPeople (2022)
Welison7,358
Welisson5,530
Wellison4,364
Wellisson1,325
Uelison654

Sources

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

Questions about the name Wellisson

What does the name Wellisson mean?

The meaning of Wellisson 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 Wellisson in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,325 people with the first name Wellisson, which ranks it number 6,852 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Wellisson is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,317 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Wellisson most common?

Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.002% of the state's population is named Wellisson (118 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Wellisson?

Welison, Welisson, Wellison and Uelison. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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