Magdiel
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A biblical boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning 'Gift of God' or 'Preciousness of God'
Used for both men and women, depending on the country· national registers that list names by sex disagree
- Brazil (Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)): listed as male
- United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed as male
- Venezuela (asosab): listed as female
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 16 countries · latest register: SSA, 2025
/maɡdjel/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Magdiel is a given name used for both men and women, depending on the country, written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.
- NINicaragua≈1 in 13K(inferred from the name graph)
- HNHonduras≈1 in 36K
- VEVenezuela1 in 37K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 168 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 10K (inferred from the name graph)
1,898 people, 2022
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Panama, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)A biblical boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning 'Gift of God' or 'Preciousness of God'.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Where in the world
(measured from records)Magdiel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | — | 1,898 | 1 in 112K | 1.9K | Magdiel | 77 |
| US United States | — | 1,361 | 1 in 244K | 1.2K | Magdiel | 168 |
| VE Venezuela | — | 765 | 1 in 37K | 765 | Magdiel | 24 |
| NI Nicaragua | #406 | ≈460 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Magdiel | 18 |
| PE Peru | — | ≈440 est. | ≈1 in 73K | — | Magdiel | 38 |
| PA Panama | #483 | ≈370 est. | ≈1 in 10K | — | Magdiel | 17 |
| HN Honduras | #632 | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 36K | — | Magdiel | 14 |
| CR Costa Rica | — | 165 | 1 in 31K | 165 | — | 17 |
| PR Puerto Rico | #722 | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 30K | 5 | Magdiel | 12 |
1,898 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; SSA Baby Names — Puerto Rico (state file PR.txt). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Magdiel is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Gift of God
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
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.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Magdiel Gutiérrezb. 1968NINicaraguan wrestler
- Magdiel Estradab. 1994CUCuban judoka
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).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)25 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 1.9K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 1.9K | #6,176 |
| BR Brazil | Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA) | — | 1.9K | #2,470 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 1.9K | #5,280 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2020 | 1.8K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2010 | 1.7K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2000 | 1.3K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.2K | #9,966 |
| VE Venezuela | asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996) | — | 765 | #1,949 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 1990 | 715 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1990 | 570 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2000 | 410 | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Magdiel mean, and where does it come from?
- A biblical boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning 'Gift of God' or 'Preciousness of God'. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- How do you pronounce Magdiel?
- A machine transcription gives /maɡdjel/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- Is Magdiel a male or female name?
- Magdiel is used for both men and women, depending on the country. National registers that list names by sex disagree: Brazil (Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)): listed as male; United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed as male; Venezuela (asosab): listed as female. We don't publish a percentage split.
- In which country does Magdiel have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 1.9 thousand people named Magdiel, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled magdiel.
- How common is the name Magdiel?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 1,898 people named Magdiel in 2022, about 1 in 112 thousand residents.
- How common is Magdiel compared with other names?
- In Nicaragua, Magdiel is the 406th most common given name of 16,569 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Magdiel?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/magdielThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Magdiel” — the 406th most common given name in Nicaragua. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.