Given name
Raniel
“God is my judge”
Raniel is a variant of Ranielle. In American use, Ranielle carries the interpretation “God is my judge.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Raniel is a variant of Ranielle. In American use, Ranielle carries the interpretation “God is my judge.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Raniel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 30
- 30 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,690 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,690 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 208 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.
Raniel’s family of names
Raniel has a related form in Ranielle.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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