Meaning of the nameMaristela
- Female
- Latin origin
- Ma-ris-te-la
Maristela is a female name of Latin origin, from maris stella, meaning 'star of the sea' and a title of the Virgin Mary.
Meaning
“star of the sea”
Source: Wiktionary: Maristela · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Maristela
- People (2022)
- 42,196
- Rank in Brazil
- #640
- Median age
- 50 years
- 2010 Census
- 45,433
- people
Maristela in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Maristela, 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 (13,809 people).
42,053 women 143 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 Maristela is most common
States with the highest share of people named Maristela in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Santa Catarina 0.069%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.066%
- Paraná 0.035%
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.030%
- Distrito Federal 0.026%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 7,598 | 0.017% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 7,147 | 0.066% |
| Santa Catarina | 5,262 | 0.069% |
| Paraná | 4,057 | 0.035% |
| Minas Gerais | 3,760 | 0.018% |
| Bahia | 2,808 | 0.020% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 2,611 | 0.016% |
| Goiás | 1,239 | 0.018% |
| Pernambuco | 840 | 0.009% |
| Espírito Santo | 824 | 0.022% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 824 | 0.030% |
| Mato Grosso | 778 | 0.021% |
| Distrito Federal | 721 | 0.026% |
| Pará | 444 | 0.006% |
| Maranhão | 400 | 0.006% |
| Paraíba | 375 | 0.009% |
| Alagoas | 374 | 0.012% |
| Amazonas | 371 | 0.009% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 348 | 0.011% |
| Ceará | 330 | 0.004% |
| Piauí | 299 | 0.009% |
| Tocantins | 259 | 0.017% |
| Rondônia | 215 | 0.014% |
| Sergipe | 184 | 0.008% |
| Acre | 58 | 0.007% |
| Roraima | 46 | 0.007% |
| Amapá | 24 | 0.003% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Maristela
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado (1981), traces Maristela to the Latin maris stella, 'star of the sea'. Wiktionary explains the name as maris, 'of the sea', plus stella, 'star', from Stella Maris, a title of the Virgin Mary. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 42,196 people named Maristela, with a median age of 50. Most were born in the 1960s and 1970s, the name is almost always female and, proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina. Maristhela and Marystela appear in the dictionary as spelling variants.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Maristela · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Maristela · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Questions about the name Maristela
What does the name Maristela mean?
Maristela means “star of the sea”, according to Wiktionary and Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.
How many people are named Maristela in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 42,196 people with the first name Maristela, which ranks it number 640 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.
Is Maristela a boy's or a girl's name?
Maristela is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 42,053 women and 143 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Maristela?
Maristela is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Maristela most common?
Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.069% of the state's population is named Maristela (5,262 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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