Meaning of the nameMariel

Mariel is a Brazilian name used for boys and girls, formed from Mari- and -el and linked to Marie and Maria.

Meaning

The meaning of Mariel 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): 2,446
Rank in Brazil: #4,480
Median age: 33 years
2010 Census: 2,554; people

Mariel in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Mariel, 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 (767 people).

995 women 1,451 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 Mariel is most common

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

Rio Grande do Sul 0.003%
Santa Catarina 0.003%
Pará 0.002%
Bahia 0.002%
Paraná 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	342	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	340	0.003%
Bahia	258	0.002%
Santa Catarina	225	0.003%
Paraná	173	0.002%
Minas Gerais	169	0.001%
Pará	167	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	157	0.001%
Maranhão	69	0.001%
Goiás	67	0.001%
Amazonas	67	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	49	0.002%
Mato Grosso	42	0.001%
Piauí	42	0.001%
Pernambuco	41	0.001%
Espírito Santo	38	0.001%
Ceará	31	0.000%
Distrito Federal	29	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	24	0.001%
Alagoas	24	0.001%
Paraíba	23	0.001%
Tocantins	16	0.001%

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

About the name Mariel

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) analyzes Mariel as Mari- + -el and says it seems to originate from French, as a masculine hypocoristic of Marie. Behind the Name treats it as a diminutive of Maria, and Wiktionary explains it, in English, as Mary plus the suffix -el. The Morfemário sees Mari- as a probable fragment of names such as Maria, Mariana and Marina. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,446 people named Mariel, with a median age of 33. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul. Both men and women are recorded, and the largest group was born in the 1980s.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Mariel · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Behind the Name: Mariel · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Mariel · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Mariel

What does the name Mariel mean?

The meaning of Mariel 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 Mariel in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,446 people with the first name Mariel, which ranks it number 4,480 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Mariel is used by both men and women: in the 2022 Census, 995 women and 1,451 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Mariel?

Mariel is a name of French origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Mariel most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.003% of the state's population is named Mariel (340 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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