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Meaning of the nameMarieli

Marieli is a Brazilian feminine name formed from Mari- and the ending -eli, a spelling variant of -ele, -ely and -elle; Mariely and Marielly are spellings of the same name.

Meaning

The meaning of Marieli 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)
6,341
Rank in Brazil
#2,324
Median age
25 years
2010 Census
8,412
people

Marieli in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Marieli, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (2,275 people).

6,309 women 32 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 Marieli is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.014%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.013%
  3. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.011%
  4. Paraná 0.009%
  5. Mato Grosso 0.006%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio Grande do Sul1,5720.014%
São Paulo1,0430.002%
Santa Catarina9930.013%
Paraná9700.009%
Mato Grosso do Sul2980.011%
Minas Gerais2360.001%
Mato Grosso2120.006%
Pará1760.002%
Bahia1590.001%
Goiás980.001%
Espírito Santo810.002%
Pernambuco730.001%
Maranhão610.001%
Rio de Janeiro510.000%
Piauí500.002%
Rondônia430.003%
Amazonas400.001%
Ceará340.000%
Paraíba260.001%
Alagoas260.001%
Tocantins230.002%
Rio Grande do Norte210.001%
Distrito Federal160.001%

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

About the name Marieli

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) analyzes the related name Mariele as Mari- + -ele and lists Mariely and Marielly among its spelling variants. The dictionary's Morfemário describes Mari- as probably taken from names such as Maria, Mariana and Marina. The ending -ele, -eli, -ely, -elle or -elly would come from the French -elle, which in turn originates in the Italian diminutive -ella and in the feminine of the formative -el. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 6,341 people named Marieli, the most common spelling of the group.

It ends in -i and is the most common spelling of the group. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Other spellings of Marieli

SpellingPeople (2022)
Marieli6,341
Marielly3,570
Mariely2,531

Sources

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

Questions about the name Marieli

What does the name Marieli mean?

The meaning of Marieli 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 Marieli in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 6,341 people with the first name Marieli, which ranks it number 2,324 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Marieli is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 6,309 women and 32 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Marieli most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.014% of the state's population is named Marieli (1,572 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Marieli?

Marielly and Mariely. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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