Meaning of the nameFranciela
- Female
- Fran-ci-e-la
Franciela is a Brazilian female name whose beginning Franci- comes from Germanic frank, 'frank', and whose ending -ela is a suffix of Italian origin or a feminine form of -el.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,345 people named Franciela, the 6,776th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 32, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.
Meaning
The meaning of Franciela 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)
- 1,345
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,776
- Median age
- 32 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,457
- people
Franciela in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Franciela, 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 (599 people).
1,340 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 Franciela is most common
States with the highest share of people named Franciela in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
- Santa Catarina 0.002%
- Paraná 0.002%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Rio Grande do Sul | 260 | 0.002% |
| São Paulo | 223 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 178 | 0.002% |
| Santa Catarina | 158 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 130 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 65 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 37 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 37 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 33 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 29 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 27 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 23 | 0.000% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 19 | 0.000% |
| Pernambuco | 17 | 0.000% |
| Amazonas | 16 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Franciela
The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Franciela among the names with Franci-, of Germanic origin frank, 'frank', and says that -ela comes from Italian -ella, a diminutive suffix, or, more often, from a feminine form of the name-forming element -el, as in Manuela. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,345 people named Franciela, with a median age of 32. It is almost always a female name, and most were born between the 1980s and 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Questions about the name Franciela
What does the name Franciela mean?
The meaning of Franciela 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 Franciela in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,345 people with the first name Franciela, which ranks it number 6,776 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Franciela a boy's or a girl's name?
Franciela is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,340 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Franciela most common?
Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.002% of the state's population is named Franciela (260 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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