Adriel

Meaning of Adriel

Adriel—articulated in English as AY-dree-uhl and in Spanish as ah-DREE-el—originates from the Hebrew אֲדְרִיאֵל (’ǎdrîʾēl), traditionally interpreted as “my help is God” or, by an alternative etymological parsing, “flock of God”; this biblical designation belongs to the nobleman who became the first husband of King Saul’s daughter Merab, a narrative detail that lends the name a subtle note of dynastic gravitas within Jewish and Christian scripture. The terminal element “-el,” shared with Gabriel and Michael, situates Adriel within the broader onomastic family of theophoric Hebrew names, thereby invoking an implicitly celestial or angelic resonance that appeals to many parents seeking a spiritually inflected yet contemporary sound. Linguistically pliant across Romance and Germanic languages and free of archaic consonant clusters, the name travels comfortably between cultures, a versatility reflected in its steady ascent on the United States Social Security charts—from sporadic, sub-thousand usage in the mid-twentieth century to a modern high of rank 107 in 2024—suggesting that Adriel has transitioned from quiet biblical rarity to widely recognized but still distinctive choice for twenty-first-century sons.

Pronunciation

Spanish

• Pronunced as ah-DREE-el (/aˈðrjel/)

English

• Pronunced as AY-dree-uhl (/eɪˈdriəl/)

• Adrian
• Adrien