Meaning of the nameDriele

Driele is a Brazilian feminine name, a shortened form of Adriele, which is the feminine of the Hebrew name Adriel, 'flock of God'.

Meaning

“reduced form of Adriele, the feminine of Adriel, 'flock of God'”

Source: Behind the Name: Adriel

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People (2022): 4,685
Rank in Brazil: #2,867
Median age: 29 years
2010 Census: 6,423; people

Driele in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Driele, 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 (2,524 people).

4,667 women 0 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 Driele is most common

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

Bahia 0.005%
Espírito Santo 0.003%
Rio de Janeiro 0.003%
Pernambuco 0.003%
São Paulo 0.003%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,147	0.003%
Bahia	677	0.005%
Rio de Janeiro	459	0.003%
Minas Gerais	435	0.002%
Pernambuco	258	0.003%
Paraná	251	0.002%
Santa Catarina	154	0.002%
Pará	146	0.002%
Espírito Santo	126	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	118	0.001%
Maranhão	116	0.002%
Goiás	106	0.002%
Amazonas	103	0.003%
Sergipe	99	0.005%
Distrito Federal	94	0.003%
Ceará	86	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	49	0.002%
Alagoas	47	0.002%
Paraíba	44	0.001%
Mato Grosso	41	0.001%
Piauí	37	0.001%
Amapá	25	0.003%
Rio Grande do Norte	20	0.001%
Rondônia	18	0.001%

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

About the name Driele

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes Driele as a hypocoristic of Adriele, formed by aphaeresis, the loss of the beginning of the name. Behind the Name lists Adriele as a feminine form of Adriel, a Hebrew name of a character in the Old Testament, formed from 'flock' and 'God'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,685 people named Driele, with a median age of 29. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia. The spelling with a doubled l, Drielle, is also used.

It is the most common spelling in the group and the one the names dictionary lists, along with the variants Driely, Drieli and Dryeli.

Other spellings of Driele

Spelling	People (2022)
Driele	4,685
Drielle	1,595

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Driele · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Behind the Name: Adriele · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Adriel · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Driele

What does the name Driele mean?

Driele means “reduced form of Adriele, the feminine of Adriel, 'flock of God'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Driele in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,685 people with the first name Driele, which ranks it number 2,867 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Driele is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 4,667 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Driele?

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

In which Brazilian state is Driele most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.005% of the state's population is named Driele (677 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Driele?

Drielle. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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