Meaning of the nameAnael

Anael is a male name of Hebrew origin, which Behind the Name translates as 'God answered' and links to the Book of Tobit.

Meaning

“God answered”

Source: Behind the Name: Anael · Wiktionary: Haniel

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People (2022): 1,724
Rank in Brazil: #5,678
Median age: 24 years
2010 Census: 1,473; people

Anael in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Anael, 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 (347 people).

99 women 1,625 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 Anael is most common

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

Minas Gerais 0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
Bahia 0.001%
São Paulo 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	204	0.001%
Minas Gerais	203	0.001%
Bahia	124	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	111	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	99	0.001%
Pernambuco	87	0.001%
Pará	87	0.001%
Ceará	86	0.001%
Piauí	80	0.002%
Paraná	76	0.001%
Maranhão	68	0.001%
Santa Catarina	62	0.001%
Goiás	56	0.001%
Amazonas	52	0.001%
Mato Grosso	45	0.001%
Espírito Santo	40	0.001%
Alagoas	38	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	37	0.001%
Paraíba	33	0.001%
Sergipe	33	0.002%
Rondônia	26	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	25	0.001%

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

About the name Anael

Behind the Name explains Anael as a Hebrew name formed from ʿana ('to answer') and ʾel ('God'), which appears in the Book of Tobit. Wiktionary records Anael as an alternative form of Haniel, the name of an angel in Jewish tradition, from Hebrew, glossed as 'God is my grace'; the two sources differ on the meaning. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Hanael as a spelling variant. Almost always male, the name is most frequent among people born in the 2000s, and has grown in recent decades. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,724 people named Anael, with a median age of 24. Proportionally, it is most common in Minas Gerais.

Sources

Behind the Name: Anael · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Haniel · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Anael · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Anael · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Anael

What does the name Anael mean?

Anael means “God answered”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Anael in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,724 people with the first name Anael, which ranks it number 5,678 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Anael is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 99 women and 1,625 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Anael?

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

In which Brazilian state is Anael most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.001% of the state's population is named Anael (203 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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