Biel is a boy's name of Portuguese origin meaning “peg, nail and hatchet, sword, battle-axe.” In 2024 it was given to 20 boys in the United States.
Biel belongs to the Portuguese tradition. Its meaning — “peg, nail and hatchet, sword, battle-axe” — is the sense carried by its Portuguese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Biel first appears in Social Security records in 2012. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #4896 in 2024, and in 2024 20 babies received the name — 68 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Biel means “peg, nail and hatchet, sword, battle-axe” in its Portuguese roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Biel is a boy name. In 2024, 20 babies received the name in the US.
Biel comes from the Portuguese tradition.
Biel first appears in US records in 2012. Its best-ever ranking was #4896 in 2024, and 20 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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