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Meaning of the nameDieli

Dieli is a feminine name ending in -eli, of uncertain origin, used almost only by people born from 1980 onward.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 822 people named Dieli, the 9,486th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 27, and the largest group was born in the 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Meaning

The meaning of Dieli 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)
822
Rank in Brazil
#9,486
Median age
27 years
2010 Census
1,111
people

Dieli in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Dieli, 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 (356 people).

801 women 21 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 Dieli is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
  2. Pará 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio Grande do Sul1630.002%
Pará1150.001%
Paraná910.001%
São Paulo880.000%
Santa Catarina650.001%
Minas Gerais370.000%
Bahia340.000%
Goiás300.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul270.001%
Mato Grosso230.001%
Maranhão190.000%
Amazonas180.001%
Espírito Santo180.001%
Rondônia170.001%
Amapá160.002%
Rio de Janeiro150.000%

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

About the name Dieli

The origin of Dieli is uncertain. The name ends in -eli, a spelling of a feminine formative that the Morfemário (morpheme list) of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) takes from French -elle, itself from the Italian diminutive -ella and from the feminine of -el. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 822 people named Dieli, almost all women, with a median age of 27. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Dieli

What does the name Dieli mean?

The meaning of Dieli 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 Dieli in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 822 people with the first name Dieli, which ranks it number 9,486 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Dieli is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 801 women and 21 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Dieli most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.002% of the state's population is named Dieli (163 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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