Given name
Arieh
“resembling a lion or an eagle”
In English use, Arieh has a related form in Ari. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a lion or an eagle.”
Original Hebrewאריה
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Arieh has a related form in Ari. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a lion or an eagle.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Arieh has a related form in Ari. An origin associated with Ari is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb 'ara (ארה), “to gather.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Arieh appears in 2 Kings 15:25.
From biblical name research
Arieh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 107
- 107 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #8,973 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,973 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 203 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Arieh’s family of names
In English usage, Arieh has a related form in Ari. In English usage, Arieh has a related form in ARYEH. In English usage, Arieh has a related form in Ary.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 7
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Arieh
- Arieh Warshelchemist, biochemist and biophysicistborn 1940
- Arieh SharonIsraeli architect1900–1984
- Arieh WorthalterBelgian actorborn 1985
- Arieh EliasIsraeli actor1921–2015
- Arieh Lubinpainter (1897-1980)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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