Meaning of the nameMicaele
- Female
- Mi-ca-e-le
Micaele is a Brazilian female name of uncertain origin, with the ending -ele, and its four spellings are concentrated among women born from the 1990s on.
Meaning
The meaning of Micaele 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)
- 20,522
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,047
- Median age
- 17 years
- 2010 Census
- 17,556
- people
Micaele in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Micaele, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (8,401 people).
20,356 women 166 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 Micaele is most common
States with the highest share of people named Micaele in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Bahia 0.025%
- Sergipe 0.025%
- Alagoas 0.020%
- Pernambuco 0.017%
- Ceará 0.017%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 3,576 | 0.025% |
| São Paulo | 3,008 | 0.007% |
| Pernambuco | 1,580 | 0.017% |
| Minas Gerais | 1,541 | 0.008% |
| Ceará | 1,519 | 0.017% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 1,292 | 0.008% |
| Maranhão | 1,050 | 0.016% |
| Pará | 812 | 0.010% |
| Goiás | 792 | 0.011% |
| Alagoas | 609 | 0.020% |
| Sergipe | 554 | 0.025% |
| Paraíba | 546 | 0.014% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 450 | 0.014% |
| Piauí | 442 | 0.014% |
| Amazonas | 409 | 0.010% |
| Paraná | 366 | 0.003% |
| Distrito Federal | 291 | 0.010% |
| Mato Grosso | 273 | 0.008% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 264 | 0.002% |
| Espírito Santo | 261 | 0.007% |
| Santa Catarina | 238 | 0.003% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 158 | 0.006% |
| Tocantins | 130 | 0.009% |
| Rondônia | 117 | 0.007% |
| Acre | 92 | 0.011% |
| Amapá | 82 | 0.011% |
| Roraima | 70 | 0.011% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Micaele
The origin of the spellings Micaele, Mikaele, Mikaelle and Micaelle is uncertain. The ending -ele (or -elle) comes, according to the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), from French -elle, and the same text treats -ela as the learned form and -ele as the popular form of this formative, as in Ediela and Ediele. The Dictionary records Micaela as "Mica + -ela" and, according to Machado (1981), as the feminine of Micael, which Wiktionary gives as a parallel form of Miguel, from Biblical Hebrew "who is like God?". In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 39,759 people with the four spellings, and Micaele had the highest number of records among women born in the 2000s.
The spelling with C and a single L, the most frequent of the group.
Other spellings of Micaele
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Micaela · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Wiktionary: Miguel · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Wiktionary: Micaela · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
- Wiktionary: Micael · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Questions about the name Micaele
What does the name Micaele mean?
The meaning of Micaele 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 Micaele in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 20,522 people with the first name Micaele, which ranks it number 1,047 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.
Is Micaele a boy's or a girl's name?
Micaele is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 20,356 women and 166 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Micaele most common?
Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.025% of the state's population is named Micaele (3,576 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Micaele?
Mikaele, Mikaelle and Micaelle. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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