Meaning of the nameJoelmir
- Male
- Jo-el-mir
Joelmir is a Brazilian masculine name that begins like the name Joel and ends in the formative -mir, of Germanic, Arabic or Polish origin.
Meaning
The meaning of Joelmir 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)
- 1,511
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,232
- Median age
- 33 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,815
- people
Joelmir in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Joelmir, 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 (624 people).
0 women 1,500 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 Joelmir is most common
States with the highest share of people named Joelmir in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
- Pernambuco 0.002%
- Santa Catarina 0.001%
- Paraná 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 273 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 170 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 141 | 0.002% |
| Paraná | 123 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 105 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 83 | 0.000% |
| Pará | 68 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 60 | 0.000% |
| Amazonas | 52 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 50 | 0.000% |
| Ceará | 46 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 46 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 42 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 38 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 32 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 27 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 27 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 26 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 21 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 20 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Joelmir
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) says that the formative -mir may have at least three sources: Germanic mir, "famous, illustrious", Arabic mir, "prince", and Polish mir, "peace". The beginning Joel coincides with the name Joel, which the same dictionary, citing Machado (1981), derives from Hebrew Ioel, "Yahweh is God". The formation of Joelmir as a whole is not documented, so the meaning of the name is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,511 people named Joelmir, with a median age of 33. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul. The name is almost always male, and most of the people recorded were born in the 1980s and 1990s.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-mir) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Joel · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Joelmir
What does the name Joelmir mean?
The meaning of Joelmir 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 Joelmir in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,511 people with the first name Joelmir, which ranks it number 6,232 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Joelmir a boy's or a girl's name?
Joelmir is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,500 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Joelmir most common?
Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.002% of the state's population is named Joelmir (170 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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