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Meaning of the nameNatael

Natael is a masculine name ending in -el, a Hebrew element meaning 'God', recorded mostly among people born in the 1990s and 2000s.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,478 people named Natael, the 6,331st most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 28, and the largest group was born in the 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Minas Gerais.

Meaning

The meaning of Natael 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)
1,478
Rank in Brazil
#6,331
Median age
28 years
2010 Census
1,123
people

Natael in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Natael, 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 (396 people).

0 women 1,466 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 Natael is most common

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

  1. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  2. Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
  3. São Paulo 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo3130.001%
Minas Gerais2400.001%
Rio Grande do Sul1110.001%
Paraná990.001%
Bahia820.001%
Ceará700.001%
Rio de Janeiro680.000%
Pará640.001%
Santa Catarina620.001%
Pernambuco450.001%
Goiás440.001%
Maranhão380.001%
Amazonas340.001%
Espírito Santo280.001%
Piauí270.001%
Mato Grosso240.001%
Alagoas220.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul200.001%

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

About the name Natael

The origin of the name Natael is uncertain. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records -el as coming from Hebrew el, 'God', as in Daniel and Gabriel, and observes that names ending in -el without a Hebrew origin are often taken to be biblical. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,478 people named Natael, with a median age of 28. It is almost always a male name and, proportionally, it is most common in Minas Gerais.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Natael

What does the name Natael mean?

The meaning of Natael 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 Natael in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,478 people with the first name Natael, which ranks it number 6,331 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Natael is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,466 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Natael most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.001% of the state's population is named Natael (240 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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