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Riel - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Riel

[ 1 syll. riel, ri-el ] The boy name Riel is pronounced as RIYL KEY. Riel is used predominantly in Spanish and its origin is Hebrew. Riel is a variant of the name Gabriel (Dutch, English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish).

Riel is uncommon as a baby boy name. It is listed outside of the top 1000. Among the family of boy names directly related to Riel, Gabriel (Dutch, English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish) was the most popular in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Riel include Raol (Spanish), Raoul (French and Spanish), Raul (German, Italian, and Spanish), Raulo (Lithuanian and Italian), Raúl (Spanish), Rolle (Scandinavian), Royle (English), Erel (Hebrew), Raleigh (English), Rally (English), Rawleigh (English), Rawley (English), Reilly (English), Reyly (English), Riley (English), Roli (German), Rolli (Estonian), Rollie (English), Rollo (English), and Rolly (English).

KEY: English pronunciation for Riel: R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"


 
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