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UnisexOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: falling

LielIn Hebrew: ליאל · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: לִיאֵל

Liel (Hebrew: ליאל) is a unisex name of Hebrew origin. 14,140 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 157 girls and ranked #126. Its peak year was 2004, with 701 babies.

People in Israel
14,140
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
157
rank #126
Peak year
2004
701 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Liel

In Hebrew letters the name is ליאל, read right to left. Liel is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Liel by year in Israel

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Liel: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Liel

How do you write Liel in Hebrew?

Liel is written ליאל in Hebrew (with vowel points: לִיאֵל). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Liel?

14,140 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ליאל: 10,611 women and 3,529 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

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

Both. In Israel 75% of the people named ליאל are women and 25% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.