Aviel

Aviel: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“my father is God”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
ah-vee-EL · 3 syllables
Used for
Boys (96% of all uses)

Aviel is a Hebrew name built from avi 'my father' and El 'God.' It is used as a masculine given name and also appears as a surname.

How popular is Aviel?

202433.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Aviel in 2024109

2024 rank#1,633 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18801,285

Aviel is rising: use over the last five years is 2.3× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Aviel

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Noahrest; comfort · Hebrew
  • Jamessupplanter · Hebrew
  • Elijahmy God is Yahweh · Hebrew
  • JohnYahweh is gracious · Hebrew
  • Michaelwho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Benjaminson of the right hand · Hebrew
  • Levijoined, attached · Hebrew
  • DanielGod is my judge · Hebrew

Aviel questions

What does the name Aviel mean?

Aviel means "my father is God". It comes from Hebrew. Aviel is a Hebrew name built from avi 'my father' and El 'God.' It is used as a masculine given name and also appears as a surname.

Is Aviel a boy or girl name?

Aviel is mainly a boy's name in US records (96% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Aviel?

109 US babies were named Aviel in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Aviel?

Aviel is usually pronounced ah-vee-EL.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.