Given name & surname
Deuel
“invocation of God”
Deuel is a surname.
Original Hebrewדעואל
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Deuel means “invocation of God.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Deuel is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb d'h (דעה), “to invoke,” and the Hebrew word 'el (אל), “God.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1935. 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 Deuel appears in Numbers 1:14, Numbers 7:42, Numbers 10:20 and 1 other passage.
- Numbers 1:14
- Numbers 7:42
- Numbers 10:20
- Numbers 2:14
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Deuel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 13
- 13 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1935
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1935. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,001 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Deuel’s family of names
See also 9
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Jadashares a root
- Jediaelshares a root
- Eliadashares a root
- Abidashares a root
- Shemidashares a root
- Joiadashares a root
- Jehoiadashares a root
- Jadduashares a root
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