Nuriel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NOOR-ee-el
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Nuriel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “fire of God”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Nuriel mean?
Hebrew: from nur 'fire' + el 'God'
“fire of God”
Nuriel is an angel named in Jewish mystical tradition, including the Zohar.
Is Nuriel a girl's or a boy's name?
Nuriel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nuriel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Nuriel, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Nuriel in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nuriel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
Names like Nuriel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aziel, Azriel, Thiago, Jaziel, Uziel, Haziel, Abdiel, Yadiel, Zabdiel, Aviel, Azael, Adriel
Names related to Nuriel
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, “Nuriel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nuriel, updated 20 October 2026.