Given name
Hanniel
“God has been gracious”
Hanniel is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewחניאל
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Hanniel means “God has been gracious.”
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Where it comes from
Hanniel is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb hanan (חנן), “to be gracious,” and the Hebrew word 'el (אל), “God.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. 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 Hanniel appears in Numbers 34:23.
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Hanniel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 116
- 116 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,349 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −12%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,349 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hanniel’s family of names
Hanniel has a related form in HANIEL.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 23
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Johnshares a root
- Hannahshares a root
- Annashares a root
- Joannashares a root
- Hananshares a root
- Ananiasshares a root
- Hananiahshares a root
- Hananishares a root
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People named Hanniel
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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