Mizael
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mee-zah-EL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Mizael is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is what God is”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Mizael mean?
Hebrew: Portuguese spelling of Misael, from Mishael
“who is what God is”
A form of Mishael, one of Daniel's three companions, renamed Meshach in Babylon, who survived the fiery furnace.
Is Mizael a girl's or a boy's name?
Mizael is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mizael in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,856th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Mizael, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the boys named Mizael in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mizael in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,109 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,908 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 26 | #3,917 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
Names like Mizael
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Muhammad, Ibrahim, Azael, Mustafa, Zamir, Abdiel, Alijah, Hamza, Asaiah, Abdullah, Misael
Names related to Mizael
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, “Mizael: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mizael, updated 20 October 2026.