Given name
Adriel
“from God's flock”
Adriel is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “from God's flock.”
Original Hebrewעַדְרִיאֵל
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “from God's flock.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1952. 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 Adriel appears in 1 Samuel 18:19.
From biblical name research
Adriel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 34,751
- 33,645 boys · 1,106 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 3,935 babies
- 2025
- 3,935
- #84 for boys · #7,493 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +61%
- Rising fast
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 98% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 3,921 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 84 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 64.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 14 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (959). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 13,945 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.
Adriel’s family of names
Adriel has a related form in Adria. Adriel has a related form in Adriele. Adriel has a related form in Adriell.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Adriel
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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