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femaleAriel - Name Meaning and Origin


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The boy's and girl's name Ariel \a-riel\ is pronounced AYR-ee-ul. It is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "lion of God". Biblical place name for Jerusalem. Literary: Shakespeare gave the name to a prankish spirit in "The Tempest". Ariel was also made popular in modern times as the name of the mermaid in Walt Disney's cartoon feature film "The Little Mermaid". Arielle is a recent coinage.

Ariel has 11 variant forms: Aeriel, Aeriela, Aeriell, Arie, Ariela, Ariele, Ariell, Ariella, Arielle, Ariellel and Ariellia.

Baby names that sound like Ariel are Auriel and Oriel.

Ariel is a popular female first name and a common surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Ariel. Click here to compare Ariel with related baby names.

United States Top 1000 rankings for: Ariel
Canada (BC), England and Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, Australia (NSW) Top 100 rankings for: Ariel

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