Meaning of the nameGhael

Ghael is a spelling of the name Gael, which means “Gael, a term for speakers of the Gaelic languages”.

Meaning

“Gael, a term for speakers of the Gaelic languages”

Meaning of the name Gael, of which Ghael is a spelling.

People (2022): 1,504
Rank in Brazil: #6,256
Median age: 1 years

Ghael in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ghael, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022 (1,231 people).

0 women 1,496 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 Ghael is most common

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

Bahia 0.001%
Minas Gerais 0.001%
Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
São Paulo 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	238	0.001%
Minas Gerais	213	0.001%
Bahia	170	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	161	0.001%
Goiás	78	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	71	0.001%
Maranhão	71	0.001%
Santa Catarina	65	0.001%
Paraná	64	0.001%
Espírito Santo	55	0.001%
Mato Grosso	47	0.001%
Pará	37	0.001%
Ceará	35	0.000%
Paraíba	28	0.001%
Piauí	26	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	22	0.001%
Tocantins	21	0.001%
Amazonas	18	0.001%
Pernambuco	17	0.000%

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

The spelling Ghael

It inserts an H between the G and the A. It has far fewer records than Gael and appears almost only among people born from 2010 onward.

About the name Gael

Behind the Name says Gael probably comes from the ethnic and linguistic term Gael, tied to the Gaelic languages, and points to Goídel as its root. Wiktionary traces the term Gael to Irish and Old Irish Goídel, back to Proto-Celtic roots. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) cites Gael as a name of Celtic origin that should not be confused with the biblical names ending in -el. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 110,946 people named Gael, with a median age of 1; proportionally, it is most common in Acre. Almost all records are of people born from 2010 onward, and the name is almost always male. The spelling Ghael adds an H after the G.

Other spellings of Gael

Spelling	People (2022)
Gael	110,946
Ghael	1,504

Sources

Behind the Name: Gael · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Gael · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-EL) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Ghael

What does the name Ghael mean?

Ghael means “Gael, a term for speakers of the Gaelic languages”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Gael, of which Ghael is a spelling.

How many people are named Ghael in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,504 people with the first name Ghael, which ranks it number 6,256 among the country's names. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022.

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

Ghael is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,496 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Ghael?

Ghael is a name of Celtic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Ghael most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.001% of the state's population is named Ghael (170 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Ghael?

Gael. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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