Meaning of the nameMisael

Misael is a biblical male name of Hebrew origin, which Strong's lexicon explains as 'who is what God is?'.

Meaning

“who is what God is?”

Source: Blue Letter Bible: Mishael (H4332)

People (2022): 20,176
Rank in Brazil: #1,061
Median age: 28 years
2010 Census: 17,952; people

Misael in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Misael, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (4,075 people).

112 women 20,064 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 Misael is most common

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

Roraima 0.020%
Acre 0.019%
Amazonas 0.017%
Bahia 0.015%
Tocantins 0.015%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	3,655	0.008%
Bahia	2,099	0.015%
Minas Gerais	1,392	0.007%
Pará	1,159	0.014%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,123	0.010%
Rio de Janeiro	1,040	0.007%
Paraná	1,033	0.009%
Ceará	1,011	0.012%
Pernambuco	989	0.011%
Maranhão	967	0.014%
Santa Catarina	845	0.011%
Goiás	762	0.011%
Amazonas	652	0.017%
Piauí	407	0.012%
Mato Grosso	404	0.011%
Distrito Federal	324	0.012%
Paraíba	303	0.008%
Espírito Santo	301	0.008%
Rio Grande do Norte	265	0.008%
Alagoas	260	0.008%
Mato Grosso do Sul	259	0.009%
Tocantins	224	0.015%
Sergipe	192	0.009%
Acre	161	0.019%
Rondônia	142	0.009%
Roraima	130	0.020%
Amapá	77	0.011%

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

About the name Misael

According to the Latin entry in Wiktionary, Misael comes, through the Greek Μισαήλ, from the Biblical Hebrew מִישָׁאֵל (Mishael), mentioned in the Book of Daniel. In Strong's lexicon, on Blue Letter Bible, the name joins mi, 'who', and el, 'God', with the gloss 'who (is) what God (is)?'. It is the name of one of Daniel's companions, renamed Meshach. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 20,176 people named Misael, with a median age of 28, almost always male.

Sources

Wiktionary: Misael · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Blue Letter Bible: Mishael (H4332) · blueletterbible.org · meaning
Wiktionary (pt): Misael · pt.wiktionary.org · spelling
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-el) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Misael

What does the name Misael mean?

Misael means “who is what God is?”, according to Blue Letter Bible.

How many people are named Misael in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 20,176 people with the first name Misael, which ranks it number 1,061 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Misael is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 112 women and 20,064 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Misael?

Misael is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Misael most common?

Proportionally, in Roraima: 0.020% of the state's population is named Misael (130 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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