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Meaning of the nameLuceli

Luceli is a Brazilian feminine name of undocumented formation, recorded mostly among women born between the 1960s and the 1980s.

Meaning

The meaning of Luceli 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)
2,029
Rank in Brazil
#5,065
Median age
49 years
2010 Census
2,260
people

Luceli in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Luceli, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (646 people).

1,999 women 30 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 Luceli is most common

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

  1. Goiás 0.002%
  2. Paraná 0.002%
  3. São Paulo 0.001%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  5. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo5520.001%
Minas Gerais2540.001%
Paraná1800.002%
Goiás1680.002%
Rio de Janeiro1500.001%
Rio Grande do Sul920.001%
Pará810.001%
Santa Catarina810.001%
Espírito Santo720.002%
Mato Grosso470.001%
Bahia450.000%
Pernambuco430.001%
Ceará400.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul360.001%
Maranhão350.001%
Amazonas220.001%
Rondônia210.001%
Piauí200.001%
Distrito Federal170.001%
Tocantins170.001%
Alagoas150.001%

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

About the name Luceli

The formation of Luceli is not known for certain. The name resembles Lucélia, which the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records in its own entry, but this link is not documented for Luceli. The morphemary of the same dictionary treats Luc- and Luci- as a probable fragment of Lúcia or Lúcio, and -eli as a feminine formative from the French -elle, without mentioning Luceli. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,029 people named Luceli, with a median age of 49. Proportionally, it is most common in Goiás.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Lucelia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Luceli

What does the name Luceli mean?

The meaning of Luceli 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 Luceli in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,029 people with the first name Luceli, which ranks it number 5,065 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

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

Luceli is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,999 women and 30 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Luceli most common?

Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.002% of the state's population is named Luceli (168 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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