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Ayriel

Girl · AIR-ee-el · Hebrew

Ayriel 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 Ayriel mean?

Hebrew: respelling of Ariel

“lion of God”

Respelling of Ariel, a Hebrew name that appears in the Bible and as the spirit in Shakespeare's The Tempest.

Say it
AIR-ee-el

Is Ayriel a girl's or a boy's name?

Ayriel is a girls' name.

How popular is Ayriel 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 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.

Half of all the girls named Ayriel in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

1988Busiest: 15 in 19912019
Ayriel in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20195#15,532
20180–
20170–
20160–
20158#11,830
20140–
20137#13,145
20125#16,863
20110–
20100–
20096#15,236
20088#12,574
200712#9,535
20060–
20055#16,455
20040–
20037#12,401
20025#15,426
20016#13,514
200010#9,156
19990–
19989#9,254
199710#8,329
19965#13,511
19956#11,778
19940–
19935#13,435
199211#7,504
199115#5,943
19906#11,403
19890–
19886#10,381

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