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Meaning of the nameEsequiel

Esequiel is a masculine name of Hebrew origin, a spelling with S of Ezequiel, the name of the biblical prophet, meaning 'God strengthens'.

Meaning

“God strengthens”

Source: Wiktionary: Ezekiel · Behind the Name: Ezekiel

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People (2022)
3,284
Rank in Brazil
#3,647
Median age
26 years
2010 Census
4,823
people

Esequiel in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Esequiel, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (603 people).

29 women 3,255 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 Esequiel is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.004%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.003%
  3. Goiás 0.002%
  4. São Paulo 0.002%
  5. Paraná 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo7260.002%
Rio Grande do Sul4320.004%
Minas Gerais2710.001%
Santa Catarina2430.003%
Bahia1930.001%
Rio de Janeiro1880.001%
Paraná1700.002%
Goiás1550.002%
Pernambuco1270.001%
Ceará1250.001%
Pará990.001%
Maranhão780.001%
Alagoas590.002%
Espírito Santo560.002%
Piauí480.002%
Paraíba470.001%
Mato Grosso470.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul450.002%
Distrito Federal370.001%
Amazonas300.001%
Tocantins300.002%
Sergipe200.001%
Rondônia180.001%
Rio Grande do Norte170.001%

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

About the name Esequiel

Esequiel is listed by the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) among the spelling variants of Ezequiel. Ezequiel comes from Hebrew Yeḥezqel, by way of Greek, and Wiktionary translates it as 'God strengthens'; Behind the Name gives 'God will strengthen', from ḥazaq, 'to strengthen', and el, 'God'. It is the name of the prophet and of the book of the Old Testament. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,284 people named Esequiel, with a median age of 26; the name is almost always male.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Ezekiel · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Ezekiel · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: Ezequiel · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ezequiel · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Esequiel

What does the name Esequiel mean?

Esequiel means “God strengthens”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Esequiel in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,284 people with the first name Esequiel, which ranks it number 3,647 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

Esequiel is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 29 women and 3,255 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Esequiel?

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

In which Brazilian state is Esequiel most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.004% of the state's population is named Esequiel (432 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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