Surafel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- soo-RAH-fel
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Surafel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “fiery one”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Surafel mean?
Hebrew: Ethiopian form of Seraphiel, from seraph
“fiery one”
An Ethiopian name from the seraphim, the fiery angels of the prophet Isaiah's vision.
Is Surafel a girl's or a boy's name?
Surafel 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 Surafel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Surafel, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Surafel in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Surafel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
Names like Surafel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Zamir Ibrahim Muhammad Asaiah Salem Zahir Zayd Hamza Abdullah Azaiah Saif
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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, “Surafel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/surafel, updated 20 October 2026.