Ariel
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Ariel is a powerful Hebrew name meaning 'Lion of God,' symbolizing strength and divine protection
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/aɾjel/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ariel is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. In Paraguay it is the 15th most common given name.
- ARArgentina≈1 in 406(inferred from the name graph)
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 604
- PYParaguay≈1 in 975
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- #569 (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 448 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 406 (inferred from the name graph)
≈180,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Argentina, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Ariel is a powerful Hebrew name meaning 'Lion of God,' symbolizing strength and divine protection. In the Bible, Ariel was a trusted leader who helped Ezra guide the Jewish people back to Jerusalem, associating the name with faithfulness and leadership.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ariel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | #115 | ≈180,000 est. | ≈1 in 604 | — | Ariel | 138 |
| AR Argentina | #39 | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 406 | 739 | Ariel | 181 |
| US United States | — | 87,270 | 1 in 3.8K | 62K | Ariel | 448 |
| BR Brazil | #675 | 38,341 | 1 in 5.5K | 38K | Ariel | 150 |
| BO Bolivia | #474 | ≈24,000 est. | ≈1 in 480 | — | Ariel | 75 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 20,143 | 1 in 839 | 20K | Ariel | 59 |
| PY Paraguay | #15 | ≈7,400 est. | ≈1 in 975 | — | Ariel | 62 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); INEC — civil registry names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ariel is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
The Hebrew name Ariel (אֲרִיאֵל) means "lion of God," derived from the words 'ari' (אֲרִי) for lion and 'El' (אֵל) for God. It can also be interpreted as "hearth of God" or "altar of God," a symbolic name also used for Jerusalem in the book of Isaiah.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In the canonical biblical text, the term signifies the formidable strength of Israel's enemies that is overcome by God's anointed warriors. In later extra-biblical Jewish and Christian mysticism, the name became associated with an archangel.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Compound of 'aryeh' (lion) and 'el' (God), meaning 'Lion of God'; alternatively associated with 'harel' meaning 'Mountain of God' or 'Altar Hearth'.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
A unisex name of Hebrew origin meaning 'Lion of God', widely used in modern times.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
,9 From the biblical place name Ariel, said to mean ‘lion of God’ in Hebrew. It is mentioned in the prophecies of Ezra (8:16) and Isaiah (29:1-2). This is relatively common as a boy’s name in - modern Israel, but in the United States it is more frequently used as a girl’s name.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ariel Sharonb. 1928ILPrime Minister of Israel from 2001 to 2006 (1928-2014)
- Ariel Henryb. 1949HTHaitian politician and neurosurgeon (born 1949)
- Ariel Ortegab. 1974ARArgentine footballer
- Ariel Ibagazab. 1976ARArgentine association football player
- Jordana Spirob. 1977USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
- Ariel Rechtshaidb. 1979USAmerican record producer
- Matías Fernandezb. 1986CLnot in their usual nameChilean footballer
- Lucas Boyéb. 1996ARnot in their usual nameArgentine association football player
- Gonzalo Montielb. 1997ARnot in their usual nameArgentinian association football player
- Ariel Winterb. 1998USAmerican actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 115 sources across 57 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 62K | #608 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 38K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 35K | #692 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 30K | #1,108 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 26K | #608 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — civil registry names | 2024 | 20K | #126 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 3.8K | #692 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 3.2K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 851 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present) | 2024 | 739 | #194 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 533 | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2024 | 154 | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Ariel a male or female name?
- Ariel is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How do you pronounce Ariel?
- A machine transcription gives /aɾjel/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- What does the name Ariel mean, and where does it come from?
- Ariel is a powerful Hebrew name meaning 'Lion of God,' symbolizing strength and divine protection. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- In which country does Ariel have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 181 thousand people named Ariel in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ariel.
- What are other forms of the name Ariel?
- In the etymology graph, Arik and Arihel are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Ariel?
- In the United States, the national register counted 87,270 people named Ariel in 2020, about 1 in 3.8 thousand residents.
- How common is Ariel compared with other names?
- In the Philippines, Ariel is the 115th most common given name of 486,299 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/arielThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ariel” — the 115th most common given name in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.