Ariel Forename
1,734th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 576,035 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Pitcairn Islands
Ariel Forename Definition:
Av'-re-el, the altar, light, lion of God. The capital city of Moab, frequently mentioned in Scripture. Ezra viii. 16. It is also taken for the altar of bumt-offerings, or for the city of Jerusalem. Isai. xxix. 1, 2, 7; Ezek. xliii. 15, 16.
Read More About This ForenameAriel Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 99% | 216,873 | 1:489 | 55 |
| Argentina | 100% | 111,946 | 1:382 | 94 |
| United States | 60% | 33,593 | 1:10,792 | 1,130 |
| Cuba | - | 25,740 | 1:447 | 118 |
| Brazil | 100% | 25,554 | 1:8,384 | 998 |
| Colombia | 100% | 23,981 | 1:1,992 | 285 |
| Mexico | 100% | 22,682 | 1:5,473 | 607 |
| Chile | 100% | 19,464 | 1:905 | 187 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 17,370 | 1:610 | 145 |
| Panama | 100% | 8,218 | 1:475 | 61 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 8,048 | 1:748 | 141 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 6,585 | 1:1,584 | 257 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 4,849 | 1:707 | 147 |
| Poland | 100% | 4,477 | 1:8,494 | 411 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 3,930 | 1:6,013 | 1,171 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 3,707 | 1:1,952 | 420 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 2,928 | 1:5,502 | 647 |
| Angola | 100% | 2,834 | 1:9,515 | 1,131 |
| Costa Rica | 95% | 2,813 | 1:1,695 | 325 |
| Spain | 94% | 2,334 | 1:19,936 | 1,179 |
| Sudan | 100% | 2,181 | 1:17,335 | 1,813 |
| Canada | 89% | 2,153 | 1:15,389 | 1,536 |
| Congo | 95% | 2,038 | 1:2,458 | 389 |
| Indonesia | 97% | 2,037 | 1:126,639 | 13,593 |
| Honduras | 100% | 1,530 | 1:5,763 | 723 |
| Ecuador | - | 1,394 | 1:12,717 | 930 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 973 | 1:31,040 | 2,203 |
| Gabon | 100% | 962 | 1:1,958 | 462 |
| France | 80% | 879 | 1:75,620 | 1,897 |
| Ghana | 100% | 674 | 1:40,039 | 2,307 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 662 | 1:32,644 | 2,453 |
| China | - | 657 | 1:2,079,233 | 43,641 |
| South Africa | 93% | 577 | 1:94,511 | 7,831 |
| DR Congo | 79% | 575 | 1:128,396 | 6,414 |
| Thailand | 76% | 572 | 1:122,493 | 9,607 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 558 | 1:6,363 | 518 |
| Qatar | 100% | 557 | 1:4,254 | 660 |
| Australia | - | 535 | 1:25,528 | 1,627 |
| England | 84% | 532 | 1:104,517 | 3,928 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 529 | 1:44,933 | 6,962 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Peru | 98% | 329 | 1:96,631 | 3,518 |
| Chad | 100% | 309 | 1:44,008 | 4,322 |
| New Zealand | - | 270 | 1:16,800 | 1,416 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 247 | 1:5,512 | 947 |
| Albania | 92% | 246 | 1:12,384 | 1,840 |
| Kenya | - | 240 | 1:192,946 | 7,948 |
| Bahrain | - | 237 | 1:5,691 | 904 |
| Italy | 83% | 233 | 1:262,069 | 3,430 |
| Russia | 69% | 231 | 1:624,388 | 6,301 |
| Haiti | 100% | 229 | 1:46,843 | 3,160 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 229 | 1:31,231 | 3,029 |
| Jamaica | - | 224 | 1:12,872 | 1,311 |
| Singapore | 54% | 212 | 1:29,656 | 5,846 |
| Germany | 83% | 199 | 1:485,818 | 5,205 |
| Kuwait | - | 180 | 1:21,029 | 2,270 |
| El Salvador | - | 177 | 1:35,829 | 1,380 |
| Switzerland | 52% | 173 | 1:47,477 | 2,145 |
| Zambia | - | 168 | 1:94,374 | 4,590 |
| Netherlands | 72% | 164 | 1:103,061 | 5,261 |
| Sweden | 89% | 149 | 1:66,160 | 3,188 |
| Benin | 100% | 144 | 1:73,443 | 5,062 |
| Morocco | - | 136 | 1:252,564 | 6,008 |
| Belgium | 100% | 115 | 1:99,913 | 3,450 |
| Malaysia | 81% | 115 | 1:264,782 | 14,053 |
| Portugal | - | 111 | 1:93,792 | 2,607 |
| Guam | - | 108 | 1:1,487 | 332 |
| Norway | 100% | 98 | 1:52,371 | 2,135 |
| Zimbabwe | 90% | 95 | 1:162,356 | 10,342 |
| Hong Kong | - | 94 | 1:82,476 | 2,726 |
| Nigeria | 72% | 92 | 1:1,930,047 | 39,370 |
| Malawi | 100% | 85 | 1:201,321 | 8,458 |
| Hungary | 65% | 80 | 1:122,397 | 800 |
| Israel | 50% | 72 | 1:116,707 | 4,703 |
| Belize | 100% | 70 | 1:5,062 | 1,019 |
| India | 98% | 69 | 1:17,606,927 | 434,759 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 66 | 1:30,909 | 3,570 |
| Suriname | - | 66 | 1:8,376 | 1,618 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 56 | 1:4,824 | 681 |
| Austria | 100% | 43 | 1:198,005 | 2,996 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 41 | 1:562,828 | 20,157 |
| British Virgin Islands | 80% | 31 | 1:1,008 | 219 |
| Denmark | - | 31 | 1:182,242 | 4,200 |
| Finland | 54% | 31 | 1:176,877 | 3,198 |
| Romania | 100% | 31 | 1:646,838 | 17,865 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 31 | 1:3,599 | 673 |
| Ireland | 100% | 27 | 1:171,982 | 3,538 |
| Czechia | 68% | 27 | 1:394,673 | 2,241 |
| Papua New Guinea | 57% | 26 | 1:313,551 | 25,255 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 26 | 1:22,344 | 1,767 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 24 | 1:1,359,313 | 14,542 |
| South Korea | - | 24 | 1:231,018 | 8,270 |
| Greece | 100% | 23 | 1:475,415 | 6,588 |
| Japan | - | 23 | 1:5,564,611 | 28,571 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 23 | 1:1,509 | 345 |
| Guyana | 69% | 22 | 1:34,694 | 3,625 |
| Botswana | 100% | 21 | 1:104,021 | 8,595 |
| Kazakhstan | 58% | 21 | 1:845,088 | 9,826 |
| Grenada | 75% | 20 | 1:5,406 | 882 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 19 | 1:5,776 | 921 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 18 | 1:29,397 | 1,788 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 17 | 1:3,216 | 586 |
| Scotland | 61% | 17 | 1:314,727 | 4,715 |
| Cayman Islands | 50% | 16 | 1:3,831 | 730 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Iraq | - | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| Estonia | 50% | 11 | 1:119,580 | 4,476 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 88% | 11 | 1:543,025 | 16,192 |
| Vietnam | - | 11 | 1:8,420,283 | 3,954 |
| Iceland | - | 10 | 1:36,602 | 2,190 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 9 | 1:21,333 | 1,816 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Belarus | 100% | 8 | 1:1,185,298 | 6,117 |
| Turkey | 100% | 8 | 1:9,725,214 | 31,896 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 7 | 1:998,627 | 10,919 |
| Macau | - | 6 | 1:101,368 | 818 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 6 | 1:9,144 | 1,176 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,928,589 | 20,785 |
| Jersey | - | 5 | 1:19,996 | 1,220 |
| Senegal | 100% | 5 | 1:2,916,271 | 15,947 |
| Ukraine | - | 5 | 1:9,099,982 | 12,980 |
| Wales | 100% | 5 | 1:618,862 | 7,373 |
| Bahamas | - | 4 | 1:99,842 | 1,712 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 4 | 1:4,594,867 | 56,462 |
| Burundi | - | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Cambodia | - | 4 | 1:4,068,332 | 35,322 |
| Egypt | - | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 4 | 1:284,422 | 684 |
| Mali | 100% | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 4 | 1:13,197,080 | 50,227 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Brunei | - | 3 | 1:139,857 | 2,352 |
| Georgia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Liberia | 67% | 3 | 1:1,470,687 | 25,732 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 3 | 1:188,016 | 3,003 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Croatia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,108,538 | 15,895 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Jordan | - | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Marshall Islands | 50% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Pitcairn Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:52 | 1 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Transnistria | - | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Ariël (8), Àriel (3), Aríel (2), Ariél (2) & Áriel (1) are calculated separately.
Ariel (2,583) may also be a surname.
Ariel Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Av'-re-el, the altar, light, lion of God. The capital city of Moab, frequently mentioned in Scripture. Ezra viii. 16. It is also taken for the altar of bumt-offerings, or for the city of Jerusalem. Isai. xxix. 1, 2, 7; Ezek. xliii. 15, 16.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: lion of God.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: Lion of God.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
The name Ariel or Arielle means 'lion of God' in French.
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Sample size: 3,345 (2014)
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Ariel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ariel in the Russian language | ||
| Ариэль | ariel | - |
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