Jeriel

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 9 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
9
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2440
9 babies

Jeriel by the numbers

In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Jeriel. In the US, 38 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Its American peak was 53 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Jeriel

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jeriel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Jezielgod is my strength; variant of Ezekiel23 in the US (2017)
  • Jehielgod lives4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jerrielexalted by the lord; spelling variant of Jeremiah5 in the US (2017)
  • JurielGod is my light; a form of Uriel5 in the US (2017)
  • Jariel94 in the US (2017)
  • Joriel17 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Jeriel

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