Peniel
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Peniel
This rare Biblical place name refers to a river bank in Jordan where Jacob wrestled with an angel and changed his name to Israel.
Peniel is also given to boys.
Pronounced PEN-yul; PEH-nee-el.
As of October 2026, Peniel ranked #10718 for girls in US births in 2025 and #10615 for boys in US births in 2024 SSA, peaked at #6854 for girls in 2020 and #6249 for boys in 2018.
Peniel on lists
Famous Peniels
- Peniel Shin (DongGirl
geun), male Korean,American singer of group BTOB
- Peniel Kokou MlapaGirl
Togolese,German male footballer
- Peniel E. JosephGirl
American male historian
Peniel in pop culture
- PenielGirl
another name for Penuel, a place not far from Succoth, on the east of the Jordan River and south of the river Jabbok, called Peniel "Face of God" by Jacob:
- "It is because I saw God face to faceGirl
and yet my life was spared." (Gen. 32:30 NIV)
- Here Jacob wrestled (Gen. 32:24Girl
32) "with a man" ("the angel", Hos. 12:4) "till the break of day."