Meaning of the nameManoelito
- Male
- Ma-no-e-li-to
Manoelito is a male name that joins Manoel, a Portuguese variant of Manuel, to the ending -ito; it is proportionally most common in Bahia.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,343 people named Manoelito, the 6,785th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 58, and the largest group was born in the 1960s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.
Meaning
The meaning of Manoelito 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)
- 1,343
- Rank in Brazil
- #6,785
- Median age
- 58 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,490
- people
Manoelito in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Manoelito, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (382 people).
0 women 1,343 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 Manoelito is most common
States with the highest share of people named Manoelito in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.006%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.000%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 795 | 0.006% |
| São Paulo | 181 | 0.000% |
| Minas Gerais | 102 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 29 | 0.000% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 27 | 0.000% |
| Piauí | 25 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 21 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 18 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 16 | 0.000% |
| Espírito Santo | 15 | 0.000% |
| Distrito Federal | 15 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 15 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Manoelito
Manoelito begins with Manoel, which Behind the Name presents as a Galician form and Portuguese variant of Manuel, a name that the same source gives as the Spanish and Portuguese form of Emmanuel; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) cites Machado (1981) for Manoel as a variation of Manuel. The ending -ito resembles the diminutive suffix -ito, which Wiktionary describes as uncommon in Portuguese, but the origin of the full name is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,343 people named Manoelito, with a median age of 58.
Sources
- Behind the Name: Manoel · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Manuel · behindthename.com · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Manoel · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Wiktionary: -ito · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Questions about the name Manoelito
What does the name Manoelito mean?
The meaning of Manoelito 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 Manoelito in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,343 people with the first name Manoelito, which ranks it number 6,785 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Manoelito a boy's or a girl's name?
Manoelito is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,343 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Manoelito most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.006% of the state's population is named Manoelito (795 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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