Peniel is a distinctive choice, ranked #3696 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Peniel in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#3696
About the Name Peniel
Peniel is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 203 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #2483 in 2015 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 2003.
Peniel is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Peniel
Unlikely. With around 6 UK babies named Peniel per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Peniel in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Peniel is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 203 places over the last five years to #3696 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Peniel is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Peniel include: Peniel Mlapa — Peniel Kokou Mlapa is a Togolese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Thai League 1 club Lamphun Warriors.; Capel Peniel — Capel Peniel in Tremadog, Gwynedd, Wales, is a former Calvinist Methodist chapel built in 1808–1809 and completed, to the original plans, in 1849.; Peniel Shin — Peniel Dong Shin, better known mononymously as Peniel (Korean: 프니엘), is an American rapper, singer and dancer based in South Korea..
Peniel does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Peniels in the wild.
6
UK babies named Peniel (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
< 1
In a school of 600
↑ 203 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Peniel
Likely around 1 other Peniel in the class
UK Popularity (2003–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Peniel
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
The Peniel Missionary Society was an interdenominational holiness missionary organisation that was started in Los Angeles, California in 1895 by Theodore Pollock Ferguson and Manie Payne Ferguson as an outgrowth of their Peniel Mission. It was merged with the World Gospel Mission in 1957.
The Peniel Mission was an interdenominational holiness rescue mission that was started in Los Angeles, California, on 11 November 1886 by Theodore Pollock Ferguson and Manie Payne Ferguson. It was dissolved in 1949.
Capel Peniel in Tremadog, Gwynedd, Wales, is a former Calvinist Methodist chapel built in 1808–1809 and completed, to the original plans, in 1849. Among the earliest, if not the earliest, chapel in Wales built to a Neoclassical design, it was hugely influential on subsequent chapel-building throughout the country.
Peniel Dong Shin, better known mononymously as Peniel (Korean: 프니엘), is an American rapper, singer and dancer based in South Korea. He debuted as a member of the South Korean boyband BtoB in 2012.