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Aziel

/ˈæz.i.ɛl/

Comforted by God

Hebrew

How to say it

AZ · i · el

/ˈæz.i.ɛl/

What it means

Hebrew Aziʾel, 'comforted by God' or 'God is my strength.' A minor figure in the Hebrew Bible (1 Chronicles). Sometimes confused with Azriel (the angel of death in Jewish folklore). Surged in the US in the 2010s with -iel cluster (Ariel, Adriel, Gabriel).

Aziel comes from the Hebrew Aziʾel, often glossed as 'comforted by God' (the Hebrew root azaz, 'to comfort, to strengthen') with the theophoric -el suffix ('God'). Aziel appears in the Hebrew Bible as a Levite musician (1 Chronicles 15:20). The name is sometimes confused with Azrael (Hebrew Azra'el, the angel of death in Jewish and Islamic folklore), a separate name. As a US given name Aziel is modern: rare before 2015, climbing since with the -iel cluster (Ariel, Adriel, Gabriel, Daniel). It entered the US top 1000 in 2020. Common short: Az or Azi.

Popularity over time

#10 #100 #1000 #1 #880618802025

peaked at #186 in 2025, currently #186 in 2025.

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, names given to at least 5 babies in a year, 1880–present. See where the names are moving

Heads-up notes

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    Aziel (comforted by God) and Azrael (the angel of death) are different Hebrew names; the spellings sometimes get conflated in modern English use.

Spelling variants

  • Azziel
  • Azuel