Ariel is a given name from Biblical Hebrew אריאל Ariel that literally means "lion of God". The female form is אריאלה Ariela , Ariella , or the alternative English and French spelling Arielle
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 playerAriel Besse (1965–2022), French actressAriel Bloomer (born 1988), singer for American rock band Icon for HireAriel Borysiuk (born 1991), Polish footballer playing as a defensive midfielderAriel Serena Hedges Bowen (1863–1904), American writer and activistAriel Bybee (1943–2018), American singerAriel Castro (1960–2013), former school bus driver and convicted kidnapper of three womenAriel Dorfman (born 1942), Chilean-American writerAriel Durant (1898–1981), American historianAriel Ekblaw (born 1992), American aerospace architectAriel Gade (born 1997), American actressAriel Garten (born 1979), Canadian artist, scientist, and co-founder of InteraXonAriel Gore (born 1970), American writerAriel Helwani (born 1982), Canadian journalistNazril Irham (born 1981), Indonesian singer using the mononym "Ariel"Ariel Kaplan (born 1994), Australian actressAriel Leve (born 1968), British journalistAriel Levy (born 1974), American journalistAriel Lin (born 1982), Taiwanese actress and singerShelly 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 modelAriel Muzicant (born 1952), Austrian Jewish community leaderAriel Nahuelpan (born 1987), Argentinian soccer playerAriel Ortega (born 1974), Argentinian soccer playerAriel Pestano (born 1974), Cuban baseball playerAriel Pink (born 1978), American musicianAriel Porat (born 1956), Israeli jurist and academicAriel Ramírez (1921–2010), Argentine composer and pianistAriel Rios (1954–1982), American ATF agentAriel Rivera (born 1966), Filipino singer and actorAna Rocha (born 1984), American professional wrestler who uses the ring name ArielAriel Rot (born 1960), Argentine musicianAriel Schulman (born 1981), American actor, film director, and producerAriel Sharon (1928–2014), Israeli military officer and politician, Prime Minister from 2001 to 2006Ariel Tatum (born 1996), Indonesian actress, model, and singerAriel Ureta (born 1946), Filipino actor, host and comedianAriel Vromen (born 1973), Israeli film director and screenwriterAriel Winter (born 1998), American actressAriel Ze'evi (born 1977), Israeli judoka
List of people with the surname Ariel
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 (The Little Mermaid ) , a mermaid princess from Disney's 1989 film The Little Mermaid Ariel, a recurring character in the ABC television series Once Upon a Time
Ariel Manto, the protagonist of The End of Mr. Y
Ariel Maloney, a character in the movie Soapdish
Ariel Hawksquill, a mage in John Crowley's epic Little, Big
Ariel Flyer, a bilingual flight and wildlife specialist from the Mountain Action Command Center Team in Rescue Heroes (TV series) and Rescue Heroes: The Movie
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 UniverseAriel, alias of the Marvel Comics character Kitty Pryde
Princess Ariel (Thundarr the Barbarian ) , a main character in the Thundarr the Barbarian animated seriesAriel 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 seriesAriel 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 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
Ariel, a unicorn in Steve Boyett 's novel Ariel
Ariel Alderman , third season antagonist on the Nip/Tuck television seriesAriel 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
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
Demon Lord Ariel from the light novel series So I'm a Spider, So What?
Ariel, secondary protagonist of the 2018 movie Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Ariel Conroy, antagonist in the television series You, Me, and the Apocalypse
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