Meaning of the nameNiele
- Female
- Ni-e-le
Niele is a Brazilian feminine name ending in -ele, an element of French origin, and IBGE shows it mostly in people born in the 1990s and 2000s.
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,085 people named Niele, the 7,815th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 25, and the largest group was born in the 1990s. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.
Meaning
The meaning of Niele 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)
- 1,085
- Rank in Brazil
- #7,815
- Median age
- 25 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,205
- people
Niele in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Niele, 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 (408 people).
1,070 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 Niele is most common
States with the highest share of people named Niele in the population, in the 2022 Census.
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 191 | 0.001% |
| São Paulo | 106 | 0.000% |
| Maranhão | 105 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 83 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 75 | 0.001% |
| Minas Gerais | 69 | 0.000% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 65 | 0.000% |
| Ceará | 54 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 43 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 35 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 33 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 29 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 27 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 26 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 26 | 0.000% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 20 | 0.000% |
| Mato Grosso | 17 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Niele
The exact origin of Niele is uncertain. The ending -ele is described in the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) as a feminine element from the French -elle, found in names such as Franciele and Mariele. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,085 people named Niele, with a median age of 25. The name is almost always female. Most of the people were born in the 1990s and 2000s. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Niele
What does the name Niele mean?
The meaning of Niele 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 Niele in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,085 people with the first name Niele, which ranks it number 7,815 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Niele a boy's or a girl's name?
Niele is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,070 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
In which Brazilian state is Niele most common?
Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.002% of the state's population is named Niele (105 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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