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Ariel
Pronounced /ˈɛɹiəl/
Rank in 2024
#511
Born in 2024
595
Peak year
1991 · #361
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for girls:1,051 in 2024 (#300)
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 595 boys were named Ariel, about 1 in every 2,883.
- It peaked in 1991 with 666 babies, ranked #361.
- It first shows up in the records in 1913.
- 21,430 boys have been named Ariel since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Ariel per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.2Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 105 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 95 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 298 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,014 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Millennials: 6,068 babies, 0.20 per 1,000. Gen Z: 6,914 babies, 0.22 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 5,936 babies, 0.27 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Biblical Hebrew אֲרִיאֵל (ari'él, a compound of אֲרִי (arí, “lion”) + אֵל (él, “God”), literally “lion of God”). (moon of Uranus): All of Uranus’s moons are named after characters created by William Shakespeare or Alexander Pope. The names of all four satellites of Uranus then known were suggested by John Herschel in 1852 at the request of William Lassell, though it is uncertain if Herschel devised the names, or if Lassell did so and then sought Herschel’s permission.
- A male given name from Hebrew, also ascribed to spirits and angels in English literature.
- A female given name from Hebrew, used mainly since the 1980s.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈɛɹiəl/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Ariel, CC BY-SA 4.0.