Aireal
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AIR-ee-ul
- Origin
- Hebrew
Aireal 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 Aireal mean?
Hebrew: variant of Ariel
“lion of God”
Respelling of Ariel, a biblical name for Jerusalem and the spirit in Shakespeare's The Tempest.
Is Aireal a girl's or a boy's name?
Aireal is a girls' name.
How popular is Aireal in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1991, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Aireal in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aireal in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
Nicknames for Aireal
- Ari 152 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Aireal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy, Rhiannon, Keeley, Kiara, Brianna, Teagan, Devyn, Mckenna, Brynn, Kaitlyn, Keegan, Ashlyn
Names related to Aireal
Ariel, Ariela, Aerial, Airlie, Arial, Arieal, Airel, Airelle
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, “Aireal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aireal, updated 20 October 2026.