Pamela Redmond is the cocreator and CEO of Nameberry and Baby Name DNA. The coauthor of ten groundbreaking 

, Redmond is an internationally-recognized baby name expert, quoted and published widely in such media outlets as the 

, CNN, and the BBC. She has written about baby names for 

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The name Beniel is a boy's name of Hebrew, Hungarian origin meaning "son of God; son of strengths".

A new entry to the Hungarian Top 100 in 2025, Beniel possibly combines the Hebrew elements ben and el to mean "son of God". As such, it could be viewed as a compound name, mixing Benjamin and Daniel, though another possibility is that it comes from Benhail, an Old Testament name meaning "son of strength".
 
Given to 82 boys in Hungary in a recent year, it has the potential to become more internationally popular.

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