Meaning of the nameAdriel

Adriel is a masculine name of Hebrew origin, from ʿeḏer and ʾel, which Behind the Name translates as "flock of God".

Meaning

“flock of God”

People (2022): 42,845
Rank in Brazil: #632
Median age: 15 years
2010 Census: 27,576; people

Adriel in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Adriel, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (13,911 people).

463 women 42,382 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 Adriel is most common

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

Acre 0.057%
Amazonas 0.053%
Amapá 0.043%
Roraima 0.043%
Pará 0.042%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	5,539	0.039%
São Paulo	5,403	0.012%
Pará	3,399	0.042%
Minas Gerais	2,888	0.014%
Pernambuco	2,280	0.025%
Amazonas	2,100	0.053%
Maranhão	2,082	0.031%
Paraná	1,963	0.017%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,865	0.017%
Ceará	1,750	0.020%
Rio de Janeiro	1,575	0.010%
Santa Catarina	1,566	0.021%
Goiás	1,510	0.021%
Paraíba	1,040	0.026%
Mato Grosso	996	0.027%
Alagoas	973	0.031%
Piauí	866	0.027%
Sergipe	784	0.036%
Espírito Santo	689	0.018%
Rio Grande do Norte	638	0.019%
Mato Grosso do Sul	553	0.020%
Distrito Federal	482	0.017%
Acre	470	0.057%
Rondônia	429	0.027%
Tocantins	416	0.028%
Amapá	318	0.043%
Roraima	271	0.043%

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

About the name Adriel

According to Behind the Name, Adriel is a Hebrew name formed from ʿeḏer ("flock") and ʾel ("God"). In the Old Testament, it is the name of the man who married Merab, daughter of Saul. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 42,845 people named Adriel, with a median age of 15. It is a recent name, with almost all records among those born from the 1990s on; proportionally, it is most common in Acre, and it is almost always male. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records Hadriel and Adryel as spelling variants, and Behind the Name cites Adriele as a Brazilian feminine form.

Sources

Behind the Name: Adriel · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Adriel · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Adriel

What does the name Adriel mean?

Adriel means “flock of God”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Adriel in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 42,845 people with the first name Adriel, which ranks it number 632 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Adriel is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 463 women and 42,382 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Adriel?

Adriel is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Adriel most common?

Proportionally, in Acre: 0.057% of the state's population is named Adriel (470 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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