Meaning of the nameMeiriele
- Female
- Mei-ri-e-le
Meiriele is a female Brazilian name whose ending -ele is a formative of French origin, while the beginning Meiri- has no documented origin.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,302 people named Meiriele, the 4,647th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 30, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Espírito Santo.
Meaning
The meaning of Meiriele 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)
- 2,302
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,647
- Median age
- 30 years
- 2010 Census
- 2,836
- people
Meiriele in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Meiriele, 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 (807 people).
2,288 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 Meiriele is most common
States with the highest share of people named Meiriele in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Espírito Santo 0.006%
- Goiás 0.003%
- Minas Gerais 0.003%
- Paraná 0.002%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Minas Gerais | 512 | 0.003% |
| São Paulo | 348 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 223 | 0.006% |
| Paraná | 209 | 0.002% |
| Goiás | 191 | 0.003% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 189 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 84 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 61 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 58 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 55 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 52 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 46 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 40 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 36 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 35 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 28 | 0.000% |
| Sergipe | 28 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 23 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 17 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 16 | 0.000% |
| Rondônia | 15 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Meiriele
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) describes the formative -ele, -eli, -ely as coming from French -elle, which has its origin in the Italian diminutive -ella, and gives Brazilian examples such as Franciele and Mariele. The origin of the beginning Meiri- is uncertain, and so the name as a whole has no documented meaning. It is almost always a female name, and most of the records are of women born in the 1980s and 1990s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,302 people named Meiriele, with a median age of 30.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Meiriele
What does the name Meiriele mean?
The meaning of Meiriele 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 Meiriele in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,302 people with the first name Meiriele, which ranks it number 4,647 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Meiriele a boy's or a girl's name?
Meiriele is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,288 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Meiriele most common?
Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.006% of the state's population is named Meiriele (223 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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