Oriel

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Oriel is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name12K records spelled Oriel6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Philippines, South Africa

  Also written O'Riel, Oriël

• French given name1.4K records spelled Oriel4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Philippines

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Or'Iel, Oriël

• Hebrew given name644 records spelled Oriel12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Israel, United States, Argentina, Iran

  Also written אוריאל, Uriel, אורי-אל, Ouriel, אוריעל

56 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Oriel is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A large polygonal recess in a building, such as a bay window, forming a protrusion on the outer wall.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, college, Oxford Univ.

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In French, oriel, bay window

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

CL SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) — 99 years between 1920–2021. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Joseph Oriel Eatonb. 1829USAmerican artist (1829-1875)
• Oriel Boldrini Pomaredab. 1931PEPeruvian politician
• Oriel McHughb. 1981CACanadian ice hockey player
• Oriel PrizemanGBresearcher
• Oriel FeldmanHallUSAmerican cognitive neuroscientist

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 411 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Oriel?

We estimate roughly 2.0 thousand people bear Oriel (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Oriel have the most bearers?

Oriel is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled oriel.

How common is Oriel compared with other names?

In Panama, Oriel is the 60th most common given name of 23,394 given names recorded there.

Is Oriel a male or female name?

Oriel is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Oriel mean?

Recorded meaning: from OG Aurildis/Orieldis ‘fire-strife’; first attested Oriholt, Oriolda de Endrebi 1206–7 Cur (Y)