Nirel

given name · Latin script

Used for both men and women· registers list it under both sexes; no split published

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 11 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026

/ŋiˈɾel/(machine-generated) Spanish · model-generated

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Nirel is a given name used for both men and women, written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

  • GYGuyana1 in 750K(measured from records)
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 1.7M
  • NLNetherlands1 in 3.5M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Nirel itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

126 people, 2020

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Record sources
16 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

1 in 750K (inferred from the name graph)

Guyana

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)
NirelLatin(measured from records)
ניראלHebrew(measured from records)

Locally spelled ניראל in IL Israel.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Nirel 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.

Where Nirel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1261 in 2.6M94Nirel14
IL Israel≈120 est.≈1 in 74K190ניראל16
NL Netherlands51 in 3.5M5——
CR Costa Rica31 in 1.7M3——
PL Poland21 in 19M2——
GY Guyana11 in 750K1——

126 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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: CBS Israel — Names given to babies (1949–present); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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).

How to address them

(machine-generated)
InformalHi Nirel,

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)

13 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 11 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Nirel?
In Spanish /ŋiˈɾel/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
Is Nirel a male or female name?
Nirel is used for both men and women. National registers that list it by sex count it under both: United States (Census Bureau, 2020). We don't publish a percentage split.
In which country does Nirel have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 126 people named Nirel, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nirel.
Where is Nirel most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Nirel is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 750 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Nirel?
In the United States, the national register counted 126 people named Nirel in 2020, about 1 in 2.6 million residents.

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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, “Nirel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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