Jehiel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- jeh-HY-el
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Jehiel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God lives”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Jehiel mean?
Hebrew: biblical name
“God lives”
Jehiel is the name of several Levites and officials in Chronicles and Ezra.
Is Jehiel a girl's or a boy's name?
Jehiel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jehiel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 150% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Jehiel, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 6 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Jehiel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
How popular is Jehiel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 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, 13 boys in the US were named Jehiel, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Jehiel in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jehiel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
Names like Jehiel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Adriel, Axel, Ezekiel, Josiah, Matteo, Elijah, Gabriel, Jude, Jonah, Elias, Ezra, Jaxon
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi, Eliana
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, “Jehiel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jehiel, updated 20 October 2026.