Yoniel

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Yoniel by the numbers

Yoniel was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 16 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Yoniel

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

  • Yosielgod is my strength; variant of Yosef7 in the US (2017)
  • Yaniel33 in the US (2017)
  • Yonael4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yeniel5 in the US (2017)
  • Yuniel5 in the US (2017)
  • Yadielgod is mighty; modern hebrew name211 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Yoniel

Nobody has voted for Yoniel yet

Vote for Yoniel and put it up against all the other baby names

Vote for Yoniel