Yassiel

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Yassiel by the numbers

Yassiel was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Yassiel

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 Yassiel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Yasiel57 in the US (2017)
  • Yansiel5 in the US (2017)
  • Yadielgod is mighty; modern hebrew name211 in the US (2017)
  • Yarielgod is my light; a form of Uriel93 in the US (2017)
  • Yassereasy, lenient18 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yassina form of yaseen, referring to the quran chapter20 in England and Wales (2025)

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