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Meaning of the nameMarili

Marili is a feminine name that begins with the element Mari-, probably taken from names such as Maria, Mariana and Marina.

Meaning

The meaning of Marili 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)
5,551
Rank in Brazil
#2,560
Median age
53 years
2010 Census
6,347
people

Marili in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Marili, 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 (1,823 people).

5,523 women 28 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 Marili is most common

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

  1. Alagoas 0.018%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.010%
  3. Paraná 0.008%
  4. Rio Grande do Sul 0.006%
  5. Pernambuco 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1,3330.003%
Paraná9330.008%
Santa Catarina7520.010%
Rio Grande do Sul6600.006%
Alagoas5580.018%
Pernambuco3010.003%
Rio de Janeiro1620.001%
Bahia1060.001%
Sergipe860.004%
Mato Grosso800.002%
Minas Gerais790.000%
Paraíba760.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul760.003%
Maranhão640.001%
Ceará540.001%
Pará530.001%
Rio Grande do Norte360.001%
Amazonas310.001%
Goiás280.000%
Rondônia210.001%
Distrito Federal190.001%

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

About the name Marili

The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) explains that the element Mari- is probably a fragment taken from names such as Maria, Mariana and Marina, and cites many Brazilian names that begin this way. The ending -li has no documented origin, and the meaning of the whole name is not known for certain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,551 people named Marili, with a median age of 53, most of them born in the 1960s and 1970s. The name is almost always female and, proportionally, it is most common in Alagoas.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Mari-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Marili

What does the name Marili mean?

The meaning of Marili 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 Marili in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,551 people with the first name Marili, which ranks it number 2,560 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

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

Marili is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 5,523 women and 28 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Marili most common?

Proportionally, in Alagoas: 0.018% of the state's population is named Marili (558 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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