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Pronunciation: |
(AYR ee el); (AH ree el) [Guide] |
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Miscellaneous Info for Ariel |
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Biblical Names, Jewish Names, Literary Characters Names, Nature Names, Places Names, Shakespeare Names, Unisex Names, Argentine Names, Israeli Names, Hebrew Names, Disney Names |
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English and Hebrew speaking countries |
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Ariel is generally regarded as the masculine spelling of this name, with the feminine forms Ariela and Arielle. A famous male Ariel is Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
Ariel appears in the Bible as a name for the city of Jerusalem and as a minor character of the leader of slaves returning from Babylon.
Shakespeare made use of the name in his play, "The Tempest" as did Pope in his work "The Rape of the Lock". Disney also used this for their incarnation of Hans Christian Andersen's "the Little Mermaid".
Ariel is also the name of a moon of Uranus. It was named this in homage to Alexander Pope's character in "Rape of the Lock".
In the UK, Ariel is a brand of washing powder.
Whilst Ariel is relatively common in the United States as a whole (#202 in 2006), it is particularly popular in Mississippi where it was the 51st most popular name in 2006. |
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Popularity Rank of Ariel | US top 1000 names since 1880 |
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Ariel - Rankings by Year |
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The name meaning of Ariel and the name origin of Ariel have been reviewed by our name experts.
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