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Meaning of the nameMiriele

Miriele is a Brazilian feminine name ending in -ele, a formative that comes from French -elle; the origin of the beginning Miri- is not known for certain.

Meaning

The meaning of Miriele 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)
2,651
Rank in Brazil
#4,243
Median age
23 years
2010 Census
2,787
people

Miriele in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Miriele, 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 (891 people).

2,638 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 Miriele is most common

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

  1. Espírito Santo 0.003%
  2. Minas Gerais 0.002%
  3. Bahia 0.002%
  4. Paraná 0.002%
  5. Goiás 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo4410.001%
Minas Gerais3600.002%
Bahia2220.002%
Rio de Janeiro2110.001%
Paraná1830.002%
Espírito Santo1200.003%
Rio Grande do Sul1140.001%
Goiás1060.002%
Pernambuco980.001%
Santa Catarina960.001%
Maranhão780.001%
Amazonas710.002%
Alagoas700.002%
Mato Grosso690.002%
Sergipe640.003%
Pará620.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul560.002%
Ceará450.001%
Paraíba330.001%
Piauí330.001%
Rio Grande do Norte290.001%
Distrito Federal290.001%
Rondônia240.002%
Tocantins180.001%

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

About the name Miriele

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) explains the ending -ele, found in names such as Adriele, Franciele and Mariele, as coming from French -elle, which in turn originates in the Italian diminutive -ella. The same ending also appears spelled -eli, -ely or -elly. The origin of the beginning, Miri-, is not documented, so the meaning of the whole name is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,651 people named Miriele, with a median age of 23, almost always women born from 1980 to 2009.

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Miriele

What does the name Miriele mean?

The meaning of Miriele 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 Miriele in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,651 people with the first name Miriele, which ranks it number 4,243 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Miriele is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,638 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Miriele most common?

Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.003% of the state's population is named Miriele (120 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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