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Meaning of the nameMireli

Mireli is a female name of uncertain origin, also written in Brazil as Mirelly, Mirely and Mirelli, with endings common in Brazilian female names.

Meaning

The meaning of Mireli 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)
4,730
Rank in Brazil
#2,844
Median age
18 years
2010 Census
6,793
people

Mireli in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Mireli, 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 (1,572 people).

4,702 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 Mireli is most common

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

  1. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.005%
  2. Pernambuco 0.005%
  3. Mato Grosso 0.004%
  4. Alagoas 0.004%
  5. Espírito Santo 0.004%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1,0520.002%
Pernambuco4180.005%
Bahia3800.003%
Minas Gerais3750.002%
Rio Grande do Sul3020.003%
Santa Catarina2710.004%
Paraná2410.002%
Goiás1500.002%
Mato Grosso1480.004%
Maranhão1430.002%
Espírito Santo1400.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul1320.005%
Ceará1310.002%
Alagoas1200.004%
Paraíba1180.003%
Rio de Janeiro1000.001%
Sergipe940.004%
Pará880.001%
Rio Grande do Norte880.003%
Piauí710.002%
Amazonas470.001%
Distrito Federal330.001%
Tocantins330.002%
Rondônia240.002%
Acre170.002%

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

About the name Mireli

The origin of Mireli is uncertain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) groups the endings -ele, -eli, -ely, -elle, -elli and -elly into a single feminine name-forming element, which derives from French -elle, linked to the Italian diminutive -ella, and gives the spellings Fabieli, Fabiely and Fabielly as examples. In all four spellings, most of the people recorded were born after 2000, and the records are almost always female. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 7,638 people named Mirelly, the most recorded spelling in the group, with a median age of 13. Proportionally, it is most common in Alagoas.

It ends in a single L and I, and is the second most recorded in the group.

Other spellings of Mireli

SpellingPeople (2022)
Mirelly7,638
Mireli4,730
Mirely3,210
Mirelli1,334

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ele, -eli, -ely) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Mireli

What does the name Mireli mean?

The meaning of Mireli 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 Mireli in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,730 people with the first name Mireli, which ranks it number 2,844 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Mireli is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 4,702 women and 28 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Mireli most common?

Proportionally, in Mato Grosso do Sul: 0.005% of the state's population is named Mireli (132 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Mireli?

Mirelly, Mirely and Mirelli. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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