Meaning of the nameFranciel

Franciel is a Brazilian masculine name formed from Franci- + -el, elements of Germanic ('Frank') and Hebrew ('God') origin, with no meaning assigned to the combination.

Meaning

The meaning of Franciel 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): 6,001
Rank in Brazil: #2,414
Median age: 25 years
2010 Census: 5,883; people

Franciel in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Franciel, 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 (2,157 people).

129 women 5,872 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 Franciel is most common

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

Piauí 0.022%
Maranhão 0.014%
Pará 0.007%
Alagoas 0.005%
Sergipe 0.005%

All states

State	People	% of population
Maranhão	944	0.014%
Piauí	715	0.022%
Pará	577	0.007%
Bahia	520	0.004%
São Paulo	425	0.001%
Minas Gerais	302	0.002%
Goiás	291	0.004%
Rio Grande do Sul	258	0.002%
Santa Catarina	223	0.003%
Paraná	188	0.002%
Ceará	168	0.002%
Pernambuco	166	0.002%
Alagoas	165	0.005%
Amazonas	154	0.004%
Mato Grosso	140	0.004%
Paraíba	126	0.003%
Sergipe	114	0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte	108	0.003%
Tocantins	91	0.006%
Rio de Janeiro	55	0.000%
Espírito Santo	55	0.001%
Distrito Federal	55	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	47	0.002%
Rondônia	44	0.003%
Roraima	43	0.007%
Amapá	18	0.003%

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

About the name Franciel

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records the formation Franci- + -el. The Morfemário explains Franci-, linked to Franc- and Francis-, as coming from Germanic frank, 'Frank', and -el as Hebrew el, 'God', the ending of names such as Abel, Daniel and Gabriel; Franciel appears among the Brazilian names with this element. The whole name has no documented meaning. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 6,001 people named Franciel, with a median age of 25. The name is almost always male, and the largest group was born in the 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Piauí.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Franciel · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Franci-, -el) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Franciel

What does the name Franciel mean?

The meaning of Franciel 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 Franciel in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 6,001 people with the first name Franciel, which ranks it number 2,414 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Franciel is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 129 women and 5,872 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Franciel?

Franciel is a name of Germanic and Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Franciel most common?

Proportionally, in Piauí: 0.022% of the state's population is named Franciel (715 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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