Hanniel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAN-ee-el
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Hanniel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “grace of God”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Hanniel mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Haniel
“grace of God”
Hanniel is a leader of the tribe of Manasseh in the Book of Numbers; later tradition names an archangel Haniel.
Meaning borrowed from Haniel.
Is Hanniel a girl's or a boy's name?
Hanniel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hanniel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 400% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Hanniel, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 6 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Hanniel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
How popular is Hanniel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Hanniel, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the boys named Hanniel in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hanniel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
Names like Hanniel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Adriel, Albie, Matteo, Ezekiel, Axel, Hudson, Elijah, Elias, Cillian, Aziel, Gabriel, Asher
Names related to Hanniel
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, 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, “Hanniel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hanniel, updated 20 October 2026.