Given name
Raguel
“friend of God”
Raguel is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewרעואל
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Raguel means “friend of God.”
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Where it comes from
Raguel is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb ra'a (רעה), “to be a friend,” and the Hebrew word 'el (אל), “God.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. 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 Raguel appears in Genesis 36:4.
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Raguel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 318
- 0 boys · 318 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 19 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 girls is 6 in 1996. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 19 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,417 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.
Raguel’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 6
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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