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Meaning of the nameUendel

Uendel is a spelling of the name Wendel, which means “short form of Germanic names beginning with wentil, 'a Vandal'”.

Meaning

“short form of Germanic names beginning with wentil, 'a Vandal'”

Meaning of the name Wendel, of which Uendel is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Wendel

People (2022)
1,286
Rank in Brazil
#6,988
Median age
25 years
2010 Census
1,525
people

Uendel in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Uendel, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (347 people).

0 women 1,280 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 Uendel is most common

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

  1. Bahia 0.004%
  2. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
  3. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia5300.004%
São Paulo1530.000%
Rio de Janeiro1230.001%
Rio Grande do Sul910.001%
Minas Gerais660.000%
Goiás390.001%
Santa Catarina270.000%
Paraná240.000%
Rondônia240.002%
Pará220.000%
Amazonas180.001%
Acre170.002%
Mato Grosso160.000%
Distrito Federal150.001%

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

The spelling Uendel

It replaces the initial W with U, with the same pronunciation; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Huendel as a spelling variant. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

About the name Wendel

Behind the Name describes Wendel as an old short form of Germanic names beginning with the element wentil, 'a Vandal', and notes that the name of that people was often confused with that of the Wends; Wiktionary records Wendel in German as a variant of Wendelin. For Wendell, Wiktionary gives a shortened form of Germanic names beginning with Wendel-, 'a Wend', and Behind the Name, a German and Dutch surname taken from the name Wendel, which became a given name in English. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 44,057 people named Wendel, with a median age of 20; proportionally, the name is most common in Amapá. It is almost always male.

Other spellings of Wendel

SpellingPeople (2022)
Wendel44,057
Wendell11,154
Uendel1,286

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Wendel · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Wendel (German) · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Wiktionary: Wendell (English) · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  4. Behind the Name: Wendell · behindthename.com · origin
  5. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Wendel · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  6. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Uendel · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Uendel

What does the name Uendel mean?

Uendel means “short form of Germanic names beginning with wentil, 'a Vandal'”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Wendel, of which Uendel is a spelling.

How many people are named Uendel in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,286 people with the first name Uendel, which ranks it number 6,988 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Uendel is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,280 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Uendel?

Uendel is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Uendel most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.004% of the state's population is named Uendel (530 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Uendel?

Wendel and Wendell. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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