Given name
Abdiel
“servant of God”
Abdiel is a masculine given name from Hebrew, meaning “servant of God.” It is used in English and Spanish.
Original Hebrewעבדיאל
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Abdiel appears in 1 Chronicles 5:15.
From biblical name research
Abdiel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,715
- 7,715 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 568 babies
- 2025
- 466
- #607 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −12%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 466 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 607 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 11.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 568 in 2019. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (94). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,503 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Abdiel’s family of names
Abdiel may belong to the same name family as ABDIELL. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 7
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Abdiel
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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