Given name & surname

Deniel

Deniel is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Deniel isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Deniel through the years

Babies since 1880
115
115 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2008
10 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Deniel in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1984–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 337 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.

Deniel’s family of names

In Breton usage, Deniel has a conventional equivalent in the French form Daniel.

Walk Deniel’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Deniel, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Yetziel

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

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Dangkhoa

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>99% boys

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Daimian

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>99% boys

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Davyion

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Deaven

0Not recently recorded

76% boys · 24% girls

Modern

Desmone

0Not recently recorded

87% boys · 13% girls

Modern

Edwuin

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Emrah

“one who is brotherly”

0Not recently recorded

83% boys · 17% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Deniel’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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