Meaning of the nameAnabel
- Female
- A-na-bel
Anabel is a female name that Wiktionary gives as the Portuguese equivalent of English Annabel, a variant of Amabel; the exact origin of the spelling is uncertain.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,451 people named Anabel, the 4,471st most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 27, and the largest group was born in the 2000s. Proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.
Meaning
The meaning of Anabel is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
- People (2022)
- 2,451
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,471
- Median age
- 27 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,776
- people
Anabel in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Anabel, 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 (460 people).
2,416 women 35 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 Anabel is most common
States with the highest share of people named Anabel in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Amazonas 0.003%
- Santa Catarina 0.002%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
- Bahia 0.002%
- Pernambuco 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 411 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 244 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 233 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 185 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 168 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 141 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 134 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 131 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 107 | 0.003% |
| Pará | 71 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 68 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 67 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 60 | 0.002% |
| Sergipe | 52 | 0.002% |
| Maranhão | 51 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 50 | 0.002% |
| Goiás | 38 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 37 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 37 | 0.001% |
| Roraima | 36 | 0.006% |
| Mato Grosso | 35 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 32 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 22 | 0.001% |
| Tocantins | 15 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Anabel
Wiktionary records Anabel in Portuguese as an equivalent of Annabel. Behind the Name says that Annabel is a variant of Amabel, a medieval form of Amabilis, with the spelling altered to recall Anna together with French belle, 'beautiful', and that the name seems to have arisen in medieval Scotland. In Spanish, Wiktionary treats it as a diminutive of Ana Isabel and of Ana Belén. The origin of the spelling Anabel itself is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,451 people named Anabel, with a median age of 27. Proportionally, it is most common in Amazonas.
Sources
- Behind the Name: Annabel · behindthename.com · origin
- Wiktionary: Anabel · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Anabel · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Anabel
What does the name Anabel mean?
The meaning of Anabel is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.
How many people are named Anabel in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,451 people with the first name Anabel, which ranks it number 4,471 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.
Is Anabel a boy's or a girl's name?
Anabel is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,416 women and 35 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Anabel most common?
Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.003% of the state's population is named Anabel (107 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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