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The Name Azriel - Origin and Meaning of Azriel
  



The Name Azriel - Origin and Meaning of Azriel


Gender

Masculine

Origin of the Name Azriel

Hebrew

Usage of the Name Azriel

Jewish, Biblical

Meaning of the Name Azriel

The name Azriel means "help of God" (it is derived from the Hebrew words "azar" - "help" and "El" - "God").

Famous Bearers

Azriel was the name of several minor characters in the Old Testament.
Bearers of the name include Azriel of Gerona, or Azriel ben Menahem (c. 1160 - c. 1238), a Jewish mystic who lived in the Spanish town of Gerona when it was a center of the Kabbalah; Azriel Carlebach (1909 - 1956), an Israeli journalist.
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