Given name
Ethanael
“God has given me strength”
Ethanael is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “God has given me strength.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “God has given me strength.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ethanael through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 96
- 96 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 17 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 17 in 2006.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ethanael’s family of names
Ethanael has a related form in Ethaniel. Ethanael has a related form in Ethanail. Ethanael has a related form in Ethanale.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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