Jeziel
Masculine · “God sprinkles”
Jeziel is one of the deep cuts of the Hebrew Bible: a single mention in a list of Benjamite warriors who joined David at Ziklag, ambidextrous with bow and sling. It has almost no English-language history and a rising Spanish-language one, and its American peak is only a few years old.
How old is the name Jeziel?
Jeziel first appears in US birth records in 1990 — 35 years ago. The typical Jeziel is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Jeziel are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jeziel most popular?
Jeziel peaked in 2022, reaching #2269 nationally. Today it ranks #5208, 2,939 places below that high. See the whole 2022 chart.
Where it comes from
From Yeziʾel to Jeziel
The story of Jeziel
The Chronicler lists the men who came to David at Ziklag while he was still an outlaw, and names Jeziel among the Benjamite archers who could shoot and sling with either hand. He is never mentioned again. Names taken from these lists have had a long second life in Spanish-speaking Christianity, particularly in evangelical and Pentecostal communities that read the historical books closely, and Jeziel belongs to that harvest along with Jaziel, Yaziel and Uziel. Its American record is almost entirely twenty-first-century and Hispanic, and its peak in 2022 makes it one of the newest names in the whole ranked list.
Meaningscholars disagree
God sprinkles, or assembly of God
The Hebrew of 1 Chronicles 12:3 is uncertain and the manuscripts differ, giving Yeziʾel and Yezawʾel. Proposed readings include God sprinkles, from nāzāh, and assembly of God. The -ʾel ending is unambiguously the divine element; the first part is not recoverable with confidence. Most reference works say so plainly.
How the name formed
- Yeziʾel
- Jeziel
Related forms: יְזִיאֵל · Jeziel · Yeziel
Pronouncing Jeziel
heh-see-EL
Three syllables in Spanish, stress on the last, with the j said as an h. English speakers say JEZ-ee-el, which is a different name to a Spanish ear.
Nicknames for Jeziel
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1990
- Most boys named
- 202263 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2269reached in 2022
- Change vs 2024
- −25.0%18 in 2025, from 24
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jeziel in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- יְזִיאֵל in Hebrew — transliteration
- Jeziel in Spanish — same name
- Yeziel in Spanish — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, New Jersey, California.
Jeziels among us
people named Jeziel are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 94,893 born in 2025 was named Jeziel
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Jeziel
- #5208
- Jeziel on the 2025 chart
- #903
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Jeziel went to 18 boys in 2025, but Jesiel is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 25, which makes it the 903rd most-given boys’ name of the year — 4,305 places above the chart.
- Jeziel18
- Jesiel7
About 1 boy in 68,323 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 94,893 for Jeziel itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Pearce test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jeziel's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Pearce climbed just as high around 1912, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Pearce's path sketches the road Jeziel is walking now.
Jeziel sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Jeziel beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jeziel in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It is genuinely biblical and almost nobody else has it.
- The -el ending places it clearly in the family of Gabriel, Uriel and Ezekiel.
- It is short and follows Spanish spelling exactly.
- The meaning cannot be established, and honest sources will not give one.
- Spanish and English say the j completely differently.
- Jeziel, Jaziel, Yaziel and Yeziel are close enough to be confused constantly.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jeziels are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Jeziel are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Jeziel?
- Jeziel is the most-used spelling in US records — 18 of the 25 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Jesiel.
- How popular is the name Jeziel in 2025?
- Jeziel ranks #5208 among US boy names in 2025, with 18 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jeziel?
- About 1 in every 94,893 US boys born in 2025 was named Jeziel — 18 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jeziel with classmates?
- Jeziel will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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