Azriel

What Azriel means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Azriel yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,546 in 2015, #529 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Azriel?

US: Rising: up from #1546 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2707 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 566 boys got the name (#529 that year). First in the US records in 1972.

How common

• About 1 in 3,018 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 7,998 baby boys in England and Wales 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 RI (1.6 per 1,000 boys), AZ (1.1 per 1,000 boys), NM (1.08 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Azriel is #529 in the US and #914 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 96.6% of US babies named Azriel were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ezriel83 US · 11 E&W
• Asriel27 US · 5 E&W
• Azreal24 US
• Azarel8 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 Azriel

Boys

• Luka#85Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #85 vs #261 in 2025
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*
• Cyrus#268Editor’s note Up from #469 in 2015 to #268 in 2025 in the US
• Jaziel#198Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #934 in 2015, #198 in 2025
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*

For a sister

• Amira#132“princess”^*
• Sylvie#282Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,175 in 2015, #282 in 2025
• Rory#230“red-haired king”^*
• Elianna#218Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #598 in 2015, #218 in 2025
• Leilani#60Hawaiian, meaning “a lei; a child + heavenly, royal”^*
• Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Azriel’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.