Given name
Ariele
“a lioness of God”·“a lion of God”
Ariele is a variant of Ariel. Interpretations include “a lioness of God” (Hebrew) and “a lion of God” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ariele is a variant of Ariel. Interpretations include “a lioness of God” (Hebrew) and “a lion of God” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ariele is a variant of Ariel. An origin associated with Ariel is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Biblical Hebrew אֲרִיאֵל (ari'él, “lion of God”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ariele through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 583
- 0 boys · 583 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 53 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,181 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,181 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 53 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 564 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.
Ariele’s family of names
Ariele has a related form in Ariel. In Italian usage, Ariele has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Ariel. In Portuguese usage, Ariele has a conventional equivalent in the English form Arielle.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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