Àriel

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Àriel is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. In Paraguay it is the 15th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Biblical Hebrew אֲרִיאֵל (ari'él, a compound of אֲרִי (arí, “lion”) + אֵל (él, “God”), literally “lion of God”).

rarermore common
  • ARArgentina≈1 in 406(inferred from the name graph)
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 604
  • PYParaguay≈1 in 975

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈180,000 people, est.

#569 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
448 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 406 (inferred from the name graph)

Argentina, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ÀrielLatin(measured from records)
არიელიGeorgian(measured from records)
ΑριελGreek(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Ariel in AR Argentina, PH Philippines, US United States and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Biblical Hebrew אֲרִיאֵל (ari'él, a compound of אֲרִי (arí, “lion”) + אֵל (él, “God”), literally “lion of God”).

Sources 6

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • Wiktionary
  • Biblical Names Compiled Database
  • Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios
  • Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Àriel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Àriel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines#115≈180,000 est.≈1 in 604—Ariel138
AR Argentina#39≈110,000 est.≈1 in 406739Ariel181
US United States—87,2701 in 3.8K62KAriel448
BR Brazil#67538,3411 in 5.5K38KAriel150
BO Bolivia#474≈24,000 est.≈1 in 480—Ariel75
EC Ecuador—20,1431 in 83920KAriel59
PY Paraguay#15≈7,400 est.≈1 in 975—Ariel62

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); INEC — civil registry names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Àriel is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name61 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Australia, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Ariel, Aeriel, Ariël, A'Riel, Ariél

  • Hebrew given name13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, United States, Philippines, Argentina

    Also written אריאל, Ariel, Ariyel, ארי-אל, Âriel

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Àriel under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Àriel mean, and where does it come from?
From Biblical Hebrew אֲרִיאֵל (ari'él, a compound of אֲרִי (arí, “lion”) + אֵל (él, “God”), literally “lion of God”). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Wiktionary and 4 other sources.
Is Àriel a male or female name?
Àriel is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Àriel have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 181 thousand people named Àriel in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ariel.
How common is the name Àriel?
In the United States, the national register counted 87,270 people named Àriel in 2020, about 1 in 3.8 thousand residents.
How common is Àriel compared with other names?
In the Philippines, Àriel is the 115th most common given name of 486,299 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Àriel” — the 115th most common given name in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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