Meaning of the nameAniel

Aniel is a masculine name of Hebrew origin meaning 'grace of God', the form without H of the biblical name Haniel, from Hebrew Hanniel.

Meaning

“grace of God”

Source: Wiktionary: Haniel · Behind the Name: Hanniel

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People (2022): 1,188
Rank in Brazil: #7,368
Median age: 26 years
2010 Census: 1,136; people

Aniel in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Aniel, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (265 people).

27 women 1,161 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Aniel is most common

States with the highest share of people named Aniel in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Bahia 0.001%
Minas Gerais 0.001%
São Paulo 0.000%

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	168	0.001%
Bahia	141	0.001%
São Paulo	123	0.000%
Pará	69	0.001%
Pernambuco	62	0.001%
Amazonas	60	0.002%
Maranhão	57	0.001%
Goiás	50	0.001%
Mato Grosso	43	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	37	0.001%
Piauí	36	0.001%
Ceará	34	0.000%
Paraíba	34	0.001%
Santa Catarina	32	0.000%
Rio de Janeiro	30	0.000%
Paraná	30	0.000%
Alagoas	26	0.001%
Rondônia	25	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	24	0.000%
Rio Grande do Norte	21	0.001%
Sergipe	19	0.001%
Tocantins	19	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Aniel

Behind the Name gives the biblical name Hanniel a Hebrew origin from ḥanan, 'to be gracious', plus ʾel, 'God', with the meaning 'grace of God'; the name appears twice in the Old Testament, and Haniel is the spelling used in the archangel tradition. Wiktionary translates the Hebrew חַנִּיאֵל as 'God is my grace' and records Aniel as an alternative form of Haniel. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) also lists Haniel as a spelling variant of Aniel. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,717 people named Haniel and 1,188 named Aniel.

Written without the initial H; the peak of records is among people born in the 2000s.

Other spellings of Aniel

Spelling	People (2022)
Haniel	1,717
Aniel	1,188

Sources

Wiktionary: Haniel · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Hanniel · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Aniel · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Aniel · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Aniel

What does the name Aniel mean?

Aniel means “grace of God”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Aniel in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,188 people with the first name Aniel, which ranks it number 7,368 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Aniel a boy's or a girl's name?

Aniel is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 27 women and 1,161 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Aniel?

Aniel is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Aniel most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.001% of the state's population is named Aniel (141 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Aniel?

Haniel. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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