Meaning of the nameMaciele
- Female
- Ma-ci-e-le
Maciele is a feminine name ending in -iele, of uncertain origin, most frequent among people born in the 1990s and 2000s.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,781 people named Maciele, the 5,548th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 21, and the largest group was born in the 2000s. Proportionally, it is most common in Alagoas.
Meaning
The meaning of Maciele 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)
- 1,781
- Rank in Brazil
- #5,548
- Median age
- 21 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,948
- people
Maciele in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Maciele, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (652 people).
1,762 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 Maciele is most common
States with the highest share of people named Maciele in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Alagoas 0.004%
- Pará 0.004%
- Amazonas 0.003%
- Maranhão 0.002%
- Pernambuco 0.002%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Pará | 302 | 0.004% |
| Bahia | 190 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 160 | 0.002% |
| Pernambuco | 153 | 0.002% |
| Alagoas | 138 | 0.004% |
| Amazonas | 106 | 0.003% |
| Ceará | 101 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 85 | 0.000% |
| Paraíba | 79 | 0.002% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 77 | 0.002% |
| São Paulo | 68 | 0.000% |
| Sergipe | 58 | 0.003% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 46 | 0.000% |
| Espírito Santo | 44 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 40 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 20 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 16 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 16 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Maciele
The origin of the spelling Maciele is uncertain. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes the ending -ele as feminine, coming from the French -elle, which in turn comes from the Italian diminutive -ella; the origin of the beginning Maci- is not known for certain. The name is recorded almost always for women, and most of the people were born in the 1990s and 2000s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,781 people named Maciele, with a median age of 21. Proportionally, it is most common in Alagoas.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ele) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Maciele
What does the name Maciele mean?
The meaning of Maciele 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 Maciele in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,781 people with the first name Maciele, which ranks it number 5,548 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.
Is Maciele a boy's or a girl's name?
Maciele is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,762 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Maciele most common?
Proportionally, in Alagoas: 0.004% of the state's population is named Maciele (138 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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