Fun Facts About the Name Uziel
- More than 2 thousand babies named Uziel: U.S. records list 2,499 babies given the name Uziel from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Uziel Mean?
Uziel is a Hebrew name meaning "God is my strength" (also rendered "my strength is God"). It is a spelling variant of Uzziel, which appears in the Hebrew Bible as עֻזִּיאֵל. The name joins two elements: a first part from Hebrew ʿoz ("strength"), in the possessive form ʿuzzi ("my strength"), and a second part, ʾel ("God"). The meaning is a literal translation of those parts rather than a later symbolic reading; like many biblical Hebrew names, it sets a personal attribute beside the divine name El.
Uziel Name History & Origins
The name is attested in the Hebrew Bible, where Uzziel is a Levite of the Kohathite clan, a son of Kohath and a brother of Amram, Izhar, and Hebron (Exodus 6:18; Numbers 3:19). His sons Mishael and Elzaphan carried the bodies of Nadab and Abihu outside the camp at Moses' command (Leviticus 10:4), and the Kohathite branch traced to him is called the Uzzielites (Numbers 3:27). Other men in the Bible bear the same name, including a Simeonite leader (1 Chronicles 4:42), a Levite musician listed among the sons of Heman (1 Chronicles 25:4), and a goldsmith who helped repair Jerusalem's wall (Nehemiah 3:8).
The double z of the traditional English spelling Uzziel reflects the doubling of the z sound in the Hebrew form; Uziel, with one z, is a common modern spelling. Greek and Latin Bible traditions carried the name into European use in forms such as Oziel, and English translations settled on Uzziel.
From that biblical base the name has continued in Jewish naming, both in the Hebrew form עוּזִיאֵל and in transliterated spellings, and it is used as a given name in Israel and in Jewish communities elsewhere. A well-known later bearer was Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel, a Sephardic chief rabbi in Palestine and then Israel in the mid-twentieth century.
How Popular is the Name Uziel?
Uziel has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2021. Its best rank was #1,212 in 2021.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,424 | 127 | 0.0074% |
| 2024 | #1,357 | 140 | 0.0082% |
| 2023 | #1,564 | 112 | 0.0066% |
| 2022 | #1,492 | 122 | 0.0070% |
| 2021 | #1,212 | 160 | 0.0092% |
| 2020 | #1,892 | 79 | 0.0046% |
| 2019 | #2,259 | 62 | 0.0035% |
| 2018 | #2,260 | 61 | 0.0034% |
| 2017 | #2,838 | 43 | 0.0023% |
| 2016 | #2,685 | 46 | 0.0024% |
| 2015 | #2,211 | 62 | 0.0032% |
| 2014 | #2,092 | 67 | 0.0035% |
| 2013 | #1,862 | 77 | 0.0041% |
| 2012 | #1,907 | 76 | 0.0040% |
| 2011 | #1,863 | 76 | 0.0040% |
| 2010 | #1,638 | 96 | 0.0050% |
| 2009 | #1,485 | 113 | 0.0057% |
| 2008 | #1,423 | 119 | 0.0058% |
| 2007 | #1,636 | 95 | 0.0046% |
| 2006 | #1,560 | 95 | 0.0046% |
| 2005 | #1,672 | 81 | 0.0041% |
| 2004 | #1,747 | 73 | 0.0037% |
| 2003 | #2,054 | 56 | 0.0028% |
| 2002 | #1,847 | 62 | 0.0032% |
| 2001 | #1,761 | 65 | 0.0033% |
| 2000 | #1,942 | 54 | 0.0027% |
| 1999 | #2,261 | 41 | 0.0021% |
| 1998 | #2,093 | 45 | 0.0024% |
| 1997 | #3,153 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1996 | #3,544 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1995 | #3,011 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1994 | #2,613 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 1993 | #3,492 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1992 | #3,211 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1991 | #4,747 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1990 | #3,303 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 1989 | #4,509 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1988 | #5,719 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1983 | #6,190 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Uziel Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You have talent, charm and luck. You can succeed in art and in any educational occupation. You attract peculiar experiences. Your power and protection lies in spiritual side of life. You are an enthusiastic collector and you will be tenacious in holding onto the things you accumulate. You have a good memory and should make an effort to have a positive attitude. Emergencies may raise your intuitive abilities in order to resolve conflict or situation. You become very creative under the pressure, and have quite original ideas to make the best out of it.
You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.
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