Meaning of the nameElisângela
- Female
- E-li-sân-ge-la
Elisângela is a female Brazilian name that Behind the Name explains as the combination of Elisa and Ângela.
Meaning
The meaning of Elisângela 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)
- 153,418
- Rank in Brazil
- #218
- Median age
- 42 years
- 2010 Census
- 147,269
- people
Elisângela in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Elisângela, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (67,414 people).
152,968 women 450 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 Elisângela is most common
States with the highest share of people named Elisângela in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Sergipe 0.109%
- Bahia 0.098%
- Alagoas 0.089%
- Rondônia 0.087%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.084%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 36,965 | 0.083% |
| Minas Gerais | 16,133 | 0.079% |
| Bahia | 13,883 | 0.098% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 13,506 | 0.084% |
| Paraná | 9,138 | 0.080% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 7,591 | 0.070% |
| Pernambuco | 6,862 | 0.076% |
| Goiás | 5,257 | 0.075% |
| Santa Catarina | 4,776 | 0.063% |
| Ceará | 4,528 | 0.052% |
| Pará | 4,251 | 0.052% |
| Maranhão | 3,903 | 0.058% |
| Espírito Santo | 2,998 | 0.078% |
| Alagoas | 2,768 | 0.089% |
| Mato Grosso | 2,660 | 0.073% |
| Paraíba | 2,618 | 0.066% |
| Sergipe | 2,408 | 0.109% |
| Distrito Federal | 2,175 | 0.077% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 2,128 | 0.077% |
| Amazonas | 1,937 | 0.049% |
| Piauí | 1,835 | 0.056% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 1,664 | 0.050% |
| Rondônia | 1,368 | 0.087% |
| Tocantins | 771 | 0.051% |
| Acre | 524 | 0.063% |
| Amapá | 410 | 0.056% |
| Roraima | 361 | 0.057% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Elisângela
According to Behind the Name, Elisângela combines Elisa, a short form of Elisabeth, and Ângela, the Portuguese feminine form of Latin Angelus. The meaning of the combination is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 153,418 people named Elisangela, a name almost always female, with a median age of 42. Most were born in the 1970s and 1980s, and proportionally the name is most common in Sergipe. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Elizangela, Elysangela and Helisangela, among others, as spelling variants.
Sources
- Behind the Name: Elisângela · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Elisa · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Ângela · behindthename.com · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Elisângela · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Elisângela
What does the name Elisângela mean?
The meaning of Elisângela 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 Elisângela in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 153,418 people with the first name Elisângela, which ranks it number 218 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Elisângela a boy's or a girl's name?
Elisângela is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 152,968 women and 450 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Elisângela most common?
Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.109% of the state's population is named Elisângela (2,408 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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