Meaning of the nameMarciela
- Female
- Mar-ci-e-la
Marciela is a female name with a spelling close to that of Marcela, which comes from Latin Marcella, and ends in -ela.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,037 people named Marciela, the 8,078th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 32, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.
Meaning
The meaning of Marciela 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)
- 1,037
- Rank in Brazil
- #8,078
- Median age
- 32 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,077
- people
Marciela in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Marciela, 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 (441 people).
1,033 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 Marciela is most common
States with the highest share of people named Marciela in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.000%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 122 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 115 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 93 | 0.003% |
| Bahia | 85 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 78 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 66 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 56 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 51 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 44 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 42 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 34 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 32 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 29 | 0.000% |
| Maranhão | 28 | 0.000% |
| Sergipe | 26 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 22 | 0.000% |
| Pará | 22 | 0.000% |
| Paraíba | 18 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 15 | 0.000% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Marciela
The origin of the name Marciela is uncertain, and its meaning is not known for certain. Marcela, which is spelled similarly, is for Wiktionary a learned borrowing from Latin Marcella, and Behind the Name gives it as a feminine form of Marcellus; the direct link of Marciela to that name is not documented. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil describes the ending -ela as a diminutive coming from Italian -ella. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,037 people named Marciela, with a median age of 32. The name is almost always female, born mostly in the 1980s and 1990s, and proportionally most common in Rio Grande do Sul.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Marcela · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Behind the Name: Marcella · behindthename.com · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ela) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Marciela
What does the name Marciela mean?
The meaning of Marciela 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 Marciela in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,037 people with the first name Marciela, which ranks it number 8,078 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Marciela a boy's or a girl's name?
Marciela is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,033 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Marciela most common?
Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.001% of the state's population is named Marciela (115 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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