NewName Shortlist 0 Girl · Hebrew
Ariel Say it: AIR-ee-ul
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Meaning From Hebrew Ariel, usually read as 'lion of God'.
Likely the main view, with some doubt.
A biblical name and the spirit in Shakespeare's The Tempest; the 1989 Disney film The Little Mermaid made it a popular girls' name.
Its wave through time Most used in the 1990s
In the United States 0 1 2 3 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Girls 1991 Boys 1991 per 1,000 babies of that sex 92,185 babies given this name since 1892 At its height in 1991, about 1 in 347 girls 1,944 babies in 2020 The family of the name Other spellings: Arielle, Ariela
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.