Meaning of the nameRoniel
- Male
- Ro-ni-el
Roniel is a Brazilian masculine name of uncertain origin, ending in -el, the same ending as Daniel and Gabriel.
Meaning
The meaning of Roniel 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)
- 6,400
- Rank in Brazil
- #2,310
- Median age
- 24 years
- 2010 Census
- 6,404
- people
Roniel in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Roniel, 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 (2,234 people).
32 women 6,368 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 Roniel is most common
States with the highest share of people named Roniel in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Piauí 0.019%
- Tocantins 0.014%
- Maranhão 0.009%
- Alagoas 0.009%
- Mato Grosso 0.008%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| Bahia | 751 | 0.005% |
| Piauí | 622 | 0.019% |
| Maranhão | 603 | 0.009% |
| Minas Gerais | 564 | 0.003% |
| Pará | 531 | 0.007% |
| São Paulo | 497 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 449 | 0.006% |
| Ceará | 338 | 0.004% |
| Mato Grosso | 297 | 0.008% |
| Alagoas | 265 | 0.009% |
| Tocantins | 218 | 0.014% |
| Pernambuco | 151 | 0.002% |
| Distrito Federal | 135 | 0.005% |
| Amazonas | 127 | 0.003% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 111 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 97 | 0.003% |
| Paraná | 89 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 87 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 75 | 0.003% |
| Paraíba | 73 | 0.002% |
| Roraima | 61 | 0.010% |
| Santa Catarina | 59 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 52 | 0.002% |
| Rondônia | 40 | 0.003% |
| Acre | 38 | 0.005% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 36 | 0.001% |
| Amapá | 34 | 0.005% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Roniel
The origin of Roniel is uncertain. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Ronniel and Ronyel as spelling variants and explains the ending -el as the Hebrew el, 'God', found in names of biblical tradition such as Daniel and Gabriel. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 6,400 people named Roniel, with a median age of 24, almost all of them born from 1980 on and almost always men.
Sources
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Roniel · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (-EL) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
Questions about the name Roniel
What does the name Roniel mean?
The meaning of Roniel 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 Roniel in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 6,400 people with the first name Roniel, which ranks it number 2,310 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Roniel a boy's or a girl's name?
Roniel is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 32 women and 6,368 men had this name.
In which Brazilian state is Roniel most common?
Proportionally, in Piauí: 0.019% of the state's population is named Roniel (622 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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