Gaddiel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- gah-dee-EL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Gaddiel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is my fortune”. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Gaddiel mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Gadiel, itself a form of the biblical Gaddiel
“God is my fortune”
In the Book of Numbers, Gaddiel is the scout from the tribe of Zebulun sent to explore Canaan.
Meaning borrowed from Gadiel.
Is Gaddiel a girl's or a boy's name?
Gaddiel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gaddiel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,207th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Gaddiel, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Gaddiel in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 191 boys in the US were given Gaddiel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,019, up from #5,207 for this spelling alone.
- Gadiel 173
- Gaddiel 18
Gaddiel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
Names like Gaddiel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eliel, Adriel, Jaziel, Aziel, Azriel, Ezekiel, Gael, Haziel, Gavriel, Axel, Gabriel, Castiel
Other spellings of Gaddiel
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Gaddiel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gaddiel, updated 20 October 2026.