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Doniel

Boy · DOHN-yel · Hebrew

Doniel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is my judge”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).

What does Doniel mean?

Hebrew: Ashkenazi pronunciation of Daniel

“God is my judge”

Daniel, the biblical prophet, was thrown into a den of lions and came out unharmed.

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DOHN-yel

Is Doniel a girl's or a boy's name?

Doniel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Doniel in the US?

Rank in 2025
#12,003among boys
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 340,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Doniel, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1979, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1953.

Half of all the boys named Doniel in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.

1953Busiest: 13 in 19792025
Doniel in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20255#12,003
20245#12,341
20230–
20220–
20217#9,709
20205#12,016
20196#10,797
20180–
20175#12,241
20165#12,180
20155#12,080
20148#8,775
20136#10,722
20120–
20117#9,593
20106#10,759
20090–
20087#9,864
20075#12,361
20065#12,048
20050–
20047#8,921
20035#10,886
20029#7,048
20016#9,236
20009#6,832
19995#9,905
19985#9,623
199711#5,282
19965#9,008
199511#5,118
19948#6,366
19937#6,809
19929#5,652
19917#6,511
19909#5,375
19899#5,158
19888#5,194
19879#4,567
19866#5,920
19857#5,142
19845#6,311
198312#3,410
198211#3,690
19819#4,151
19809#4,133
197913#3,167
19786#5,056
19778#4,162
197611#3,262
19758#3,939
19749#3,556
197310#3,221
19727#3,960
197112#2,811
197010#3,069
19696#3,934
19687#3,364
19670–
19660–
19650–
19640–
19630–
19626#3,638
19610–
19600–
19595#3,986
19580–
19570–
19560–
19550–
19540–
19536#3,423

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