Given name
Raziel
“The Lord is my secret”
Raziel is used as a given name. One Aramaic interpretation is “The Lord is my secret.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Aramaic interpretation is “The Lord is my secret.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Aramaic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Raziel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,624
- 1,578 boys · 46 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 86 babies
- 2025
- 68
- #2,138 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +25%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 68 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,138 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 19.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (10). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,153 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.
Raziel’s family of names
Raziel has a related form in Razi. Raziel has a related form in Razea. Raziel has a related form in Razee.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 15
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Raziel
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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