Aariel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AIR-ee-el
- Origin
- Hebrew
Aariel is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “lion of God”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Aariel mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Ariel
“lion of God”
A poetic name for Jerusalem in the Book of Isaiah, and the airy spirit in Shakespeare's The Tempest.
Meaning borrowed from Ariel. More on Wiktionary.
Is Aariel a girl's or a boy's name?
Aariel is a girls' name.
How popular is Aariel in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Aariel in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aariel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
Nicknames for Aariel
- Ari 152 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Aariel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ariel, Abigail, Annalise, Azariah, Aaliyah, Aria, Aliza, Alora, Hadassah, Anais, Ariella, Alaya
Names related to Aariel
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aariel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aariel, updated 20 October 2026.