Ariel (name)

Ariel
Pronunciation	/ˈɛəriəl/; Hebrew: [aʁiˈ(ʔ)el]; Spanish: [aˈɾjel]
Gender	Unisex (originally male)
Language(s)	Hebrew
Origin
Word/name	Ancient Israel
Meaning	Lion of God
Region of origin	Ancient Israel
Other names
Alternative spelling	Ariël, Ariella, Arielle (American/French amalgamation)
Variant form(s)	Ari, Asadullah

Ariel is a given name from Biblical Hebrew אריאל Ariel that literally means "lion of God". The female form is אריאלה (transliterated as Ariela, Ariella, or the alternative English and French spelling Arielle). In modern Hebrew, Ariel is primarily used as a male name. However, in recent years in English-speaking countries, it has been more commonly used as a female name. It also appears as a surname.

Common short forms of Ariel are Ari and Arik for boys (primarily in Hebrew-speaking areas), and Arie, Elle, and Ella for girls (primarily in English and French-speaking areas).

List of people with the given name Ariel

Ariel Behar (born 1989), Uruguayan tennis player
Ariel Bloomer (born 1988), singer for American rock band Icon for Hire
Ariel Borysiuk (born 1991), polish footballer playing as a defensive midfielder
Ariel Serena Hedges Bowen (1862–1904), American writer and activist
Ariel Bybee (born 1943), American singer
Ariel Castro (1960–2013), former bus driver and convicted kidnapper of three women
Ariel Dorfman (born 1942), Chilean-American writer
Ariel Durant (1898–1981), American historian
Ariel Gade (born 1997), American actress
Ariel Gore (born 1970), American writer
Ariel Helwani (born 1982), Canadian journalist
Nazril Irham (born 1981), Indonesian singer using the mononym "Ariel"
Ariel Kaplan (born 1994), Australian actress
Ariel King, American health policy consultant
Ariel Leve (born 1968), British journalist
Ariel Levy (born 1974), American journalist
Ariel Lin (born 1982), Taiwanese actress and singer
Shelly Martinez (born 1980), American former professional wrestler who performed under the ring name "Ariel"
Ariel McDonald (born 1972), American-Slovenian basketball player; 2000 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP
Ariel Meredith (born 1986), American model
Ariel Muzicant (born 1952), Austrian Jewish community leader
Ariel Nahuelpan (born 1987), Argentinian soccer player
Ariel Ortega (born 1974), Argentinian soccer player
Ariel Pestano (born 1974), Cuban baseball player
Ariel Pink (born 1978), American musician
Ariel Porat (born 1956), Israeli jurist and academic
Ariel Ramírez (1921–2010), Argentine composer and pianist
Ariel Rios (1954–1982), American ATF agent
Ariel Rivera (born 1966), Filipino singer and actor
Ana Rocha (born 1984), American professional wrestler who uses the ring name Ariel
Ariel Schulman (born 1981), American actor, film director, and producer
Ariel Sharon (1928–2014), Israeli military officer and politician, Prime Minister from 2001 to 2006
Ariel Vromen (born 1973), Israeli film director and screenwriter
Ariel Winter (born 1998), American actress
Ariel Ze'evi (born 1977), Israeli judoka

List of people with the surname Ariel

Adam Ariel (born 1994), Israeli basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
Gideon Ariel (born 1939), Israeli former Olympian in the shot put and discus throw
Meir Ariel (1942–1999), Israeli singer-songwriter
Uri Ariel (born 1952), Israeli politician

Fictional characters

Ariel (The Tempest), a sylph, a character in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest
Ariel, an evil angel and pagan god in John Milton's Paradise Lost
Ariel, a sylph, the protector of Belinda in Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock
Ariel Moore, a character in the 1984 movie Footloose
Ariel (Disney), the title character of Disney's 1989 film The Little Mermaid
Ariel (Once Upon a Time character), a recurring character in the ABC television series Once Upon a Time
Ariel Manto, the protagonist of The End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas
Ariel Maloney, a character in the movie Soapdish
Ariel Hawksquill, a mage in John Crowley's epic Little, Big
Ariel Schiller, a character in the 2007 movie Starting Out in the Evening
Ariel Truax, a character in the movie Grumpy Old Men
Detective Ariel, one of two police inspectors on the case of a triple child murder in Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman
Ari Gold (Entourage) a character in the HBO series Entourage
Ariel DuBois, a character in the NBC drama Medium
Ariel (Robotech), a character in the science fiction series Robotech
Ariel (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe
Ariel, alias of the Marvel Comics character Kitty Pryde
Princess Ariel (Thundarr the Barbarian), a main character in the Thundarr the Barbarian animated series
Ariel Kyho (吳彩欣), a character in the TVB television drama A Kindred Spirit
Ariel (Legacy of Kain), a character in the Legacy of Kain video game series
Ariel Sullivan, a character in the movie In America
Ariel, a character in the ABC Family mini-series Fallen
Ariel, the hero of the concept albums Epica and The Black Halo by American power metal band Kamelot
Ariel, the prime antagonist in Isobelle Carmody's fantasy series The Obernewtyn Chronicles
Ariel Wolfe, a character in the movie Return to House on Haunted Hill
Ariel, Mage Queen of Loren, the semi-divine queen of the Wood Elves in the Warhammer tabletop wargame setting
Ariel, a unicorn in Steve Boyett's novel Ariel
Ariel Alderman, third season antagonist on the Nip/Tuck television series
Ariel Kirkwood, a character in the novel Truly, Madly Manhattan by Nora Roberts
Ariel Aldrin, a character in the daytime television series As the World Turns from 1982 to 1985
Ariel, a character in the first-season episode "Angel One" of the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation
Ariel Hunter, a character in the 1994–95 season of the television series Beverly Hills, 90210

Ariel (name)

List of people with the given name Ariel

List of people with the surname Ariel

Fictional characters

See also