Meaning of the nameAlef
- Male
- A-lef
Alef is a male name of uncertain origin, spelled like alef, the name of the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, and peaked among people born in the 1990s.
Meaning
The meaning of Alef 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)
- 21,140
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,025
- Median age
- 23 years
- 2010 Census
- 13,816
- people
Alef in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Alef, 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 (10,412 people).
187 women 20,953 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 Alef is most common
States with the highest share of people named Alef in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Sergipe 0.031%
- Rio Grande do Norte 0.022%
- Bahia 0.021%
- Pernambuco 0.019%
- Amazonas 0.018%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 3,557 | 0.008% |
| Bahia | 2,950 | 0.021% |
| Minas Gerais | 2,350 | 0.011% |
| Pernambuco | 1,759 | 0.019% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 1,104 | 0.007% |
| Ceará | 1,084 | 0.012% |
| Pará | 727 | 0.009% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 714 | 0.022% |
| Amazonas | 694 | 0.018% |
| Sergipe | 691 | 0.031% |
| Goiás | 661 | 0.009% |
| Paraná | 634 | 0.006% |
| Maranhão | 576 | 0.009% |
| Paraíba | 525 | 0.013% |
| Alagoas | 511 | 0.016% |
| Espírito Santo | 463 | 0.012% |
| Santa Catarina | 397 | 0.005% |
| Distrito Federal | 376 | 0.013% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 364 | 0.003% |
| Piauí | 197 | 0.006% |
| Mato Grosso | 163 | 0.005% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 137 | 0.005% |
| Rondônia | 130 | 0.008% |
| Tocantins | 99 | 0.007% |
| Acre | 95 | 0.011% |
| Amapá | 95 | 0.013% |
| Roraima | 87 | 0.014% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Alef
In Portuguese, alef is the name of the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, a word borrowed from Hebrew, according to Wiktionary. The origin of the given name Alef, however, is uncertain, and there is no meaning known with certainty for it. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Aleff, Alefh, Aleph, Halef and Haleff as spelling variants. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 21,140 people named Alef, with a median age of 23. It is an almost always male name and, proportionally, most common in Sergipe.
It is the most common spelling in the group and the same as the noun alef.
Other spellings of Alef
Sources
- Wiktionary: alef · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Alef · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Alef
What does the name Alef mean?
The meaning of Alef 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 Alef in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 21,140 people with the first name Alef, which ranks it number 1,025 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Alef a boy's or a girl's name?
Alef is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 187 women and 20,953 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Alef most common?
Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.031% of the state's population is named Alef (691 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Alef?
Allef and Aleff. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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