Phanuel

given name · Latin script

Meaning: The name Phanuel, meaning 'Face of God,' carries significant theological weight, echoing Jacob's encounter with God at Peniel (Genesis 32:30)

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 10 countries · latest register: SSA, 2025

/phanuel/(machine-generated) Swahili · model-generated

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Phanuel is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Guyana than in any other country.

  • GYGuyana1 in 750K(measured from records)

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Guyana (measured from records)

1 people, 2025

Record sources
66 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

1 in 750K (inferred from the name graph)

Guyana

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

The name Phanuel, meaning 'Face of God,' carries significant theological weight, echoing Jacob's encounter with God at Peniel (Genesis 32:30). In the context of his daughter Anna, who recognized the face of God in the infant Jesus, the name can be seen as prophetically significant, symbolizing that God reveals Himself to the humble and devout.

Cited for this meaning 1

  • Biblical Names Compiled Database

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Phanuel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Phanuel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
GY Guyana11 in 750K1——
FR France——3Phanuel66
CD Congo - Kinshasa——1Phanuel4
ZA South Africa———Phanuel6
US United States——6Phanuel6
CI Côte d’Ivoire———Phanuel2

1 people counted by Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025, 2025. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names; SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

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Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Phanuel is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Africa, India, United States, Nigeria

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Phánuël

  • Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Africa, United States, Dominican Republic, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Phanuèl

43 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses

(measured from records)

Phanuel is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • Phanuel is a biblical name of Hebrew origin meaning 'Face of God.' It is associated with the devout father of the prophetess Anna, who was one of the first to recognize the infant Jesus as the Messiah.

    as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database

  • From the Hebrew name Penuel (פְּנוּאֵל), meaning 'Face of God'.

    as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database

  • In English, Biblical name

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name

(measured from records)
16001700180019002000Phanuel Bacon, b. 1699Phanuel Bishop, b. 1739Phanuel Kavita, b. 1993

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them

(machine-generated)
InformalHi Phanuel,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence

(measured from records)

13 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 10 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What are other forms of the name Phanuel?
In the etymology graph, Phanouel is a form of the same name in other languages.
What does the name Phanuel mean, and where does it come from?
The name Phanuel, meaning 'Face of God,' carries significant theological weight, echoing Jacob's encounter with God at Peniel (Genesis 32:30). Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
How do you pronounce Phanuel?
In Swahili /phanuel/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
Is Phanuel a male or female name?
Phanuel is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Phanuel have the most bearers?
In Guyana, the national register counted about 1 people named Phanuel, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Phanuel most common?
Phanuel is densest in Guyana, where the national register counts about 1 in 750 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Phanuel?
In Guyana, the national register counted 1 people named Phanuel in 2025, about 1 in 750 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Phanuel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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