Given name
Gadiel
“God is my fortune”
Gadiel is used as a given name. One Arabic interpretation is “God is my fortune.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “God is my fortune.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gadiel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,568
- 2,568 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 203 babies
- 2025
- 173
- #1,186 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +32%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 173 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,186 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 32.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (40). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,598 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.
Gadiel’s family of names
Gadiel has a related form in Gaddiel. Gadiel has a related form in Gaddiell. Gadiel has a related form in Gadeal.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Gaddielvariant
- Gadylvariant
- Gadeilvariant
- Gadealvariant
- Gadeelvariant
- Gadilvariant
- Gaddiellvariant
- Gadiellevariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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