Aviel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AV-ee-el
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,686 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,393 for boys
Aviel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is my father”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 1,393rd for boys in the US (131 babies).
What does Aviel mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Abiel
“God is my father”
In the First Book of Samuel, Abiel is the grandfather of King Saul.
Is Aviel a girl's or a boy's name?
Aviel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK and 6 girls and 131 boys in the US.
How popular is Aviel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,686th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 93% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Aviel, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Aviel of any year since it first appeared, in 2011.
Half of all the boys named Aviel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.
Aviel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
How popular is Aviel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,393rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 131 about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 75% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 131 boys in the US were named Aviel, making it the 1,393rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,977th. It first appears in the records in 1979. 6 girls were also named Aviel in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Aviel of any year since it first appeared, in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Aviel in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aviel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 131 | #1,393 |
| 2024 | 105 | #1,620 |
| 2023 | 79 | #1,953 |
| 2022 | 75 | #2,021 |
| 2021 | 96 | #1,700 |
| 2020 | 72 | #1,977 |
| 2019 | 43 | #2,850 |
| 2018 | 65 | #2,146 |
| 2017 | 48 | #2,596 |
| 2016 | 47 | #2,625 |
| 2015 | 42 | #2,808 |
| 2014 | 36 | #3,088 |
| 2013 | 57 | #2,249 |
| 2012 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 45 | #2,681 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,549 |
| 2008 | 32 | #3,419 |
| 2007 | 32 | #3,377 |
| 2006 | 27 | #3,684 |
| 2005 | 29 | #3,385 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,475 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
Nicknames for Aviel
- Avi 65 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Aviel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Adriel, Axel, Luca, Aziel, Ezra, Azriel, Ezekiel, Asher, Gabriel, Matteo, Elias, Arlo
Names related to Aviel
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aviel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aviel, updated 20 October 2026.