Areli
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A biblical name meaning 'Lion of God' or 'heroic'
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/aɾeli/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Areli is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- SVEl Salvador≈1 in 12K(inferred from the name graph)
- HNHonduras≈1 in 21K
- GTGuatemala≈1 in 21K
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.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 229 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)
7,772 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
El Salvador, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A biblical name meaning 'Lion of God' or 'heroic'.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Where in the world(measured from records)
Areli 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 7,772 | 1 in 43K | 7.5K | Areli | 229 |
| PE Peru | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 29K | — | Areli | 43 |
| GT Guatemala | #487 | ≈810 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Areli | 17 |
| SV El Salvador | #281 | ≈530 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Areli | 15 |
| HN Honduras | #332 | ≈450 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Areli | 14 |
| NI Nicaragua | #620 | ≈290 est. | ≈1 in 22K | — | Areli | 11 |
7,772 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. 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)
Areli is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
As a clan head, Areli represents the expansion and continuity of the tribe of Gad, fulfilling the divine promise of multiplication given to the patriarchs.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Lion of God
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
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)
- Josef Arelib. 1860CZHolocaust victim (born 1860)
- Bertha Arelib. 1863CZHolocaust victim (born 1863)
- Oskar Arelib. 1874CZHolocaust victim (born 1874)
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 35 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 7.5K | #2,924 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2008 | 330 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2007 | 295 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2003 | 289 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2004 | 286 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2006 | 267 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2005 | 265 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2009 | 262 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 255 | #2,924 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 177 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 8 | — |
Reference works 1
- 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
- How do you pronounce Areli?
- A machine transcription gives /aɾeli/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- What does the name Areli mean, and where does it come from?
- A biblical name meaning 'Lion of God' or 'heroic'. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- Is Areli a male or female name?
- Areli is a female 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.
- In which country does Areli have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 7.8 thousand people named Areli, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled areli.
- How common is the name Areli?
- In the United States, the national register counted 7,772 people named Areli in 2020, about 1 in 43 thousand residents.
- How common is Areli compared with other names?
- In El Salvador, Areli is the 281st most common given name of 28,124 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Areli?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/areliThe 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, “Areli” — the 281st most common given name in El Salvador. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.