Given name
Ammiel
“my kinsman is God”·“one of the people of God”
Ammiel is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewעמיאל
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Ammiel means “my kinsman is God” or “one of the people of God.”
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Where it comes from
Ammiel is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew word 'el (אל), “God.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2004. 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 Ammiel appears in Numbers 13:12, 2 Samuel 9:4, 1 Chronicles 3:5 and 1 other passage.
- Numbers 13:12
- 2 Samuel 9:4
- 1 Chronicles 3:5
- 1 Chronicles 26:5
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Ammiel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 94
- 94 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,131 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −38%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,131 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 188 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.
Ammiel’s family of names
Ammiel may belong to the same name family as Amiel. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 22
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Eliamshares a root
- Immanuelshares a root
- Ammonshares a root
- Amramshares a root
- Amasashares a root
- Ammishares a root
- Ummahshares a root
- Rehoboamshares a root
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People named Ammiel
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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