Meaning of the nameRichele
- Female
- Ri-che-le
Richele is a feminine name ending in -ele, a formative of French origin, and its meaning as a whole is not known for certain.
Meaning
The meaning of Richele 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)
- 1,201
- Rank in Brazil
- #7,305
- Median age
- 27 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,301
- people
Richele in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Richele, 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).
1,112 women 89 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 Richele is most common
States with the highest share of people named Richele in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Pará 0.002%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
- São Paulo 0.000%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Rio Grande do Sul | 142 | 0.001% |
| São Paulo | 134 | 0.000% |
| Pará | 132 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 112 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 100 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 68 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 61 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 46 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 46 | 0.006% |
| Maranhão | 44 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 43 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 41 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 33 | 0.000% |
| Goiás | 24 | 0.000% |
| Piauí | 24 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 20 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 16 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Richele
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil describes the ending -ele (and the variants -eli, -ely, -elle, -elli, -elly) as a feminine formative coming from the French -elle, which derives from the Italian diminutive -ella. The initial part Rich- has no documented origin for this name, and for that reason the meaning of the whole name is uncertain. The name is almost always female, and most of the people recorded were born between 1980 and 2009. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,201 people named Richele, with a median age of 27.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-ELE) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Richele
What does the name Richele mean?
The meaning of Richele 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 Richele in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,201 people with the first name Richele, which ranks it number 7,305 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Richele a boy's or a girl's name?
Richele is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,112 women and 89 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Richele most common?
Proportionally, in Pará: 0.002% of the state's population is named Richele (132 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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