Ariel
[ˈɛəriəl]Meaning
From Hebrew אֲרִיאֵל, a compound of "lion" and "God", literally "lion of God".
Background Story
Ariel comes from the Biblical Hebrew name אֲרִיאֵל, a compound of אֲרִי (lion) and אֵל (God), literally "lion of God". In the Old Testament it is used as another name for the city of Jerusalem. Shakespeare used it for a spirit in The Tempest (1611) and Alexander Pope for a sylph in The Rape of the Lock (1712), and one of the moons of Uranus bears the name in his honour. As an English name it became more common for females in the 1980s, especially after it was used for the title character in the Disney film The Little Mermaid (1989).
Temperament
Variations
Arielle, Ari, Arielita
Related Names
Asera
Adara
Means "noble" in Hebrew
Adina
From Hebrew ʿaḏin, "delicate"
Alisa
Russian, Ukrainian, Bosnian, Finnish and Georgian form of Alice
Arielle
French feminine form of Ariel, also used as an English variant.
Astraea
Ancient Greek Ἀστραῖα, literally "star maiden"
Atara
Hebrew form of Atarah, a Hebrew name meaning "crown".
Ceila
Daira
Recorded as a feminine given name in Latvian, Greek Mythology and Spanish
Izara
No documented meaning; recorded as a given name in Basque, southern American and Maghrebi Arabic use