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Meaning of the nameAndriel

Andriel is a Brazilian male name of uncertain origin, ending in -el, the same ending as names such as Daniel and Gabriel.

Meaning

The meaning of Andriel 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)
4,897
Rank in Brazil
#2,774
Median age
14 years
2010 Census
3,334
people

Andriel in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Andriel, 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 (1,938 people).

67 women 4,830 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 Andriel is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.010%
  2. Rio Grande do Norte 0.007%
  3. Amazonas 0.006%
  4. Santa Catarina 0.006%
  5. Paraíba 0.006%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio Grande do Sul1,0790.010%
Santa Catarina4370.006%
Paraná3730.003%
Pernambuco3070.003%
São Paulo2680.001%
Amazonas2420.006%
Rio Grande do Norte2420.007%
Paraíba2170.006%
Pará2100.003%
Rio de Janeiro1880.001%
Bahia1620.001%
Minas Gerais1470.001%
Goiás1460.002%
Mato Grosso1100.003%
Alagoas1070.003%
Ceará990.001%
Sergipe940.004%
Espírito Santo920.002%
Maranhão720.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul590.002%
Piauí580.002%
Acre520.006%
Rondônia440.003%
Tocantins330.002%
Roraima270.004%
Amapá180.003%

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

About the name Andriel

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Andriel with the spelling variant Andryel and without an etymology. The dictionary's Morfemário describes the formative -el, frequent in male names such as Daniel and Gabriel, as coming from the Hebrew el, “God”, and lists Franciel and Josiel among the Brazilian names in -el; the origin and meaning of Andriel itself are not known for certain. The name is almost always male, and most of the people were born from 2000 on. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,897 people named Andriel, with a median age of 14. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Andriel · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-el) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Andriel

What does the name Andriel mean?

The meaning of Andriel 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 Andriel in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,897 people with the first name Andriel, which ranks it number 2,774 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Andriel is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 67 women and 4,830 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Andriel most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.010% of the state's population is named Andriel (1,079 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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