Meaning of the nameJanieli
- Female
- Ja-ni-e-li
Janieli is a Brazilian female name whose ending -eli, with the variants -ely and -elly, comes from French -elle.
Meaning
The meaning of Janieli 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)
- 1,620
- Rank in Brazil
- #5,932
- Median age
- 25 years
- 2010 Census
- 3,529
- people
Janieli in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Janieli, 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 (724 people).
1,602 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 Janieli is most common
States with the highest share of people named Janieli in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Paraíba 0.003%
- Pernambuco 0.002%
- Pará 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 245 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 184 | 0.002% |
| Paraíba | 118 | 0.003% |
| Pará | 104 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 88 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 87 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 80 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 75 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso | 73 | 0.002% |
| Alagoas | 69 | 0.002% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 69 | 0.003% |
| Santa Catarina | 67 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 63 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 62 | 0.000% |
| Espírito Santo | 54 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 31 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 29 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 27 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 25 | 0.000% |
| Sergipe | 17 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Janieli
Janieli, Janiely and Janielly are spellings of the same name, which ends in the formative -eli, -ely or -elly. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) explains that this formative comes from French -elle and that practically any name with it can appear in all three spellings, such as Fabieli, Fabiely and Fabielly. The meaning of the first element, Jani-, is not documented. Together, the three spellings add up to 4,503 people recorded in the 2022 Census. Proportionally, the name is most common in Paraíba in all three.
The spelling with a final -i is the most common in the group and the only one with records of people born in the 1970s.
Other spellings of Janieli
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ELE, -ELI, -ELY) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Janieli
What does the name Janieli mean?
The meaning of Janieli 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 Janieli in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,620 people with the first name Janieli, which ranks it number 5,932 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Janieli a boy's or a girl's name?
Janieli is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,602 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Janieli most common?
Proportionally, in Paraíba: 0.003% of the state's population is named Janieli (118 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Janieli?
Janiely and Janielly. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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