What does Ariel mean?

Ariel means "lion of God"

How do we pronounce Ariel?

Ariel \a-riel, ar-i-el\ is a female's name. It consists of 5 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby girl name Ariel can also be used as a short names for boy name, though it is more popular for girls. It is pronounced in English as AERiyahL, EHRiyahL or EYRiyahL 1.

1 Pronunciation for Ariel: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)"

What is the origin of Ariel?

Ariel has its origins in the Hebrew language. It is used largely in English and Hebrew. Ariel is a form of the English, Hebrew, and Italian Ariela meaning and origin. Forms of the name consist of the English shortening name Arie, the English spelling variant name Ariell origin, and the French spelling variant Arielle pronounciation. Ariel is popular as a baby girl name. The name grew in popularity from the 1970s up to the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only very modest use. Its usage peaked in 1991 with 0.266% of baby girls being named Ariel. It was #66 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a decline in frequency since then. In 2010, it ranked at #213 with a usage of 0.074%, was nevertheless the most popular among all girl names in its family. Ariel was twice as popular as the next ranked name, Arielle meaning, in 2010. Although Ariel is used more commonly as a baby girl name today, there was a period from 1967 to 1980 that it was more popular with boys. After 1981, increasingly the name became more popular with baby girls than with boys. In 2009, 3 times more baby girls than boys were given the name Ariel.

A famous person named Ariel is Animated Character Ariel, born 1989.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Ariel:

the name nicknames for Aerial, the name name Aeryal, the name short names for Aeriel, the name baby name Aeriela, the name baby name Aerielle, the name what does the name Aerlia mean, the name meaning of Airlea, the name Airlia definition, the English and Hebrew Arela name variations, the name Arelah meaning, the Spanish name Areli, the name Arelie meaning and origin, the English and Hebrew baby name Arella, the name short names for Arellah, the Spanish Arely meaning, the name name Arial, the French nicknames for Arielle, the name name Arlane origin, the English Arlea name variations, and the Indian Arula name popularity.

The baby name Ariel fun facts:

The name Ariel in reverse order is "Leira".

The numerological value of the name Ariel is number 9, which means humanitarian, giving nature, selflessness, obligations, creative expression.

How popular is Ariel?

Ariel is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
20140.14%
20130.12%
20120.10%
20110.08%
20100.08%
20090.09%
20080.08%
20070.09%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames