Meaning of the nameMirele
- Female
- Mi-re-le
Mirele is a female name ending in -ele, a formative that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil links to the French -elle; Mirelle is the spelling with LL.
Meaning
The meaning of Mirele 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)
- 16,428
- Rank in Brazil
- #1,209
- Median age
- 18 years
- 2010 Census
- 15,170
- people
Mirele in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Mirele, 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 (5,966 people).
16,317 women 111 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 Mirele is most common
States with the highest share of people named Mirele in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Sergipe 0.025%
- Alagoas 0.024%
- Pernambuco 0.021%
- Bahia 0.018%
- Maranhão 0.016%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 2,572 | 0.018% |
| São Paulo | 2,133 | 0.005% |
| Pernambuco | 1,887 | 0.021% |
| Minas Gerais | 1,653 | 0.008% |
| Maranhão | 1,087 | 0.016% |
| Alagoas | 751 | 0.024% |
| Ceará | 734 | 0.008% |
| Goiás | 648 | 0.009% |
| Sergipe | 542 | 0.025% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 503 | 0.005% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 499 | 0.003% |
| Paraíba | 449 | 0.011% |
| Paraná | 383 | 0.003% |
| Piauí | 339 | 0.010% |
| Santa Catarina | 333 | 0.004% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 323 | 0.010% |
| Pará | 291 | 0.004% |
| Espírito Santo | 221 | 0.006% |
| Mato Grosso | 216 | 0.006% |
| Amazonas | 193 | 0.005% |
| Distrito Federal | 191 | 0.007% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 160 | 0.006% |
| Tocantins | 149 | 0.010% |
| Acre | 64 | 0.008% |
| Rondônia | 53 | 0.003% |
| Roraima | 40 | 0.006% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Mirele
The origin of Mirele in Brazil is uncertain. The morpheme list of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) explains that the ending -ele comes from the French -elle, linked to the Italian diminutive -ella, and that almost every name with this ending also appears in spellings such as -elle and -ely. With the same spelling, Behind the Name records Mirele as a Yiddish diminutive of Miriam. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 16,428 people named Mirele, with a median age of 18, almost always female. The name grew from the 1980s on and has the most records among people born in the 2000s.
With a single L at the end, it is the most common spelling in the group.
Other spellings of Mirele
| Spelling | People (2022) |
|---|---|
| Mirele | 16,428 |
| Mirelle | 5,260 |
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ele, -elle) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Behind the Name: Mirele · behindthename.com · origin
Questions about the name Mirele
What does the name Mirele mean?
The meaning of Mirele 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 Mirele in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 16,428 people with the first name Mirele, which ranks it number 1,209 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.
Is Mirele a boy's or a girl's name?
Mirele is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 16,317 women and 111 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Mirele most common?
Proportionally, in Sergipe: 0.025% of the state's population is named Mirele (542 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Mirele?
Mirelle. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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