Adriel

What Adriel means

Means “flock of God”

Borrowed from Hebrew עדריאל (“flock of God”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Adriel” (revision 80978497), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Adriel?

US: Rising: up from #287 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1159 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 3,921 boys got the name (#84 that year). First in the US records in 1952.

How common

• About 1 in 436 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,985 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,928 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (7.54 per 1,000 boys), AZ (6.39 per 1,000 boys), NV (5.67 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Adriel is #84 in the US and #324 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.6% of US babies named Adriel were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Edriel16 US
• Adriell8 US
• Adrielle5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Adriel

Boys

• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*
• Ezra#20Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #93 in 2015, #20 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
• Ezekiel#61“God strengthens”^*
• Zev#864“wolf”^*
• Matthias#372From Biblical Hebrew, meaning “gift of Yahweh”^*
• Samson#477Editor’s note Up from #618 in 2015 to #477 in 2025 in the US

For a sister

• Ari#614“lion”^*
• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Ariella#174Form of Ariel, meaning “lion of God”^*
• Rivka#628Same root as Rebecca, meaning “enchantingly beautiful, captivating…^*
• Elsie#123Diminutive of Alison, meaning “of noble kind”^*
• Lena#279“the Large River”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Adriel’s. Rank is US 2025.