Gérson

given name · Latin script

Meaning: a male given name, equivalent to English Gershom

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ʒɛɾsɔn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Gérson is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country. In Guatemala it is the 59th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • VEVenezuela1 in 3.9K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 41K
  • GTGuatemala≈1 in 334K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

77,545 people, 2022

Sources
261 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 2.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Brazil

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Gerson in US United States, VE Venezuela, GT Guatemala.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

a male given name, equivalent to English Gershom

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 25 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gérson counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Gérson is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil—77,5451 in 2.7K87K—2
US United States—8,1891 in 41K8.2KGerson261
VE Venezuela#5727,3061 in 3.9K7.3KGerson57
EC Ecuador—2,7431 in 6.2K2.7K—29
CR Costa Rica—1,6811 in 3K1.7K—56
GT Guatemala#59≈51 est.≈1 in 334K—Gerson51

77,545 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); INEC — civil registry names; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Gérson is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name7 spellings in the group

    Also written Gerśon, Geršon, Gersón, Gēršôn, Gēršon

  • English given name21 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, United Kingdom, Germany

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Gerson, Gérsón, Gersön, Gërsön, G̶e̶r̶s̶o̶n̶

  • Portuguese given name11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Philippines, Peru

    Languages: Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi

    Also written Gerson, Gersön, Gerşon, Gërsön

  • Russian given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Peru, United States, Ukraine

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

    Also written Герсон, Gerson, Жерсон, Geršon

4 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019502000Gérson de Azeredo Coutinho, b. 1900Gérson dos Santos, b. 1922Gérson Conrad, b. 1952Gérson Andreotti, b. 1953Gérson Sodré, b. 1957Gérson de Souza, b. 1959Gérson de Abreu, b. 1964Gérson da Silva, b. 1965Gérson Caçapa, b. 1967Gérson Magrão, b. 1985

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalOlá Gérson,Hi Gérson, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Gérson
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—87K#519

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Gérson mean, and where does it come from?
a male given name, equivalent to English Gershom Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Gérson?
A machine transcription gives /ʒɛɾsɔn/ (IPA) for Portuguese.
Is Gérson a male or female name?
Gérson is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Gérson have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 78 thousand people named Gérson, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Gérson most common?
Gérson is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.7 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Gérson?
In Brazil, the national register counted 77,545 people named Gérson in 2022, about 1 in 2.7 thousand residents.
How common is Gérson compared with other names?
In Guatemala, Gérson is the 59th most common given name of 22,774 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gérson” — the 59th most common given name in Guatemala. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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