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♀ Ariel (girl)
What does Ariel mean?
Ariel 
as a girls' name (also used less commonly as boys' name Ariel) is pronounced AYR-ee-ul. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Ariel 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 modern coinage.
STARTS WITH Ari-
ASSOCIATED WITH lion, biblical, jerusalem (israeli), literary, spirit, modern, little
Variations
VARIANTS Aeriel, Aeriela, Aeriell, Arie, Ariela, Ariele, Ariell, Ariella▲, Arielle▲, Ariellel, Ariellia
MASCULINE FORM Ari
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Ariet, ..
(male) Aral, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Ariel Irina (A.I.), ..
How popular is Ariel?
Ariel is a very popular first name for females (#1113 out of 4276, Top 26%) and also a very popular last name for all people (#46331 out of 150436, Top 31%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Ariel was first listed in 1900-1909 and reached its top rank of #66 in the U.S. in the year 1991, and is currently at #154. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Aeriel, Arie (#1396 VIA LATEST LIST), Ariela (#1590), Ariell, Ariella (#284) and Arielle (#321) are the popular related forms of Ariel (#154). These forms of Ariel reached the peak of their popularity 27 years ago (ADOPTION OF 0.4%) and are somewhat less common today (ADOPTION 0.3%, DOWN 35%). Ariel is the continual favorite, although Ariella seems to be gaining favor too.
Similar Names
Ariel is pronounced similarly to Arelle, Aural, Aurel, Auriel, Aurielle, Auriol, Eiriol, Orel, Oriel, Orielle and Oriole. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Abiela, Abigel, Abril, Adel, Adie, Adrie, Adrien, Agie, Akiela, Alie, Amel, Amie▼, Amiee, Amil, Angel▼, Aniela, Anjel, April▼, Aprill, Arabel, Arbela, Arbell, Ardea, Arden▲, Arela, Areli, Arely, Aren, Ari▲, Aria▲, Ariah▲, Arica, Aricela, Ariceli, Arika, Arin, Arina, Ariya▲, Ariza, Arlea, Arlee, Arlen, Arlet, Arley, Arlie, Armen, Arrie▼, Artie▼, Arwen, Avie, Aviela, Avrie, Avriel, Avril, Avrill, Cariel, Grisel, Grizel, Jeriel, Loriel, Mariel▼, Meriel, Muriel▼ and Orbel. These names tend to be less commonly used than Ariel.
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