Ariel (given name)
Ariel is a given name from Biblical Hebrew אריאל Ariel that literally means "lion of God".
Ariel is also a reference to one of the Biblical angels.
In modern Hebrew, it is primarily used as a male name. However, in recent years in English-speaking countries, it has been more commonly used as a female name. A common modern Hebrew female equivalent is Ariella. An alternative English and French spelling is Arielle.
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 Serena Hedges Bowen (1862—1904), American writer and activist
- Ariel Bybee (born 1943), American singer
- Ariel (born 1981), Indonesian pop singer
- Ariel Dorfman (born 1942), Chilean-American writer
- Ariel Durant (1898—1981), American historian
- Ariel Gade (born 1997), American actress
- Ariel Gore (born 1970), American writer
- Ariel Kadynsky (born 1968), American painter, known as Alan Kadynsky
- Ariel King, American health policy consultant
- Ariel Leve (born 1968), British journalist
- Ariel Levy (born 1974), American journalist
- Ariel Lin (born 1982), Taiwanese actress and singer
- Ariel Meredith (born 1986), American model
- Ariel Muzicant (born 1952), Austrian Jewish community leader
- Ariel Nahuelpan (born 1987), Argentinian soccer player
- Ariel Ortega (born 1974), Argentinian soccer player
- Ariel Pestano (born 1974), Cuban baseball player
- Ariel Pink (born 1978), American musician
- Ariel Ramírez (1921–2010), Argentine composer and pianist
- Ariel Rebel (born 1985), Canadian pornographic model
- Ariel Rios (1954–1982), American ATF agent
- Ariel Rivera (born 1966), Filipino singer and actor
- Ana Rocha (born 1984), American professional wrestler who uses the ring name Ariel
- Ariel Sharon (born 1928), Israeli military officer and politician, Prime Minister from 2001 to 2006
- Ariel Waller (born 1998), Canadian actress
- Ariel Winter (born 1998), American actress
- Ariel X (born 1980), American pornographic actress
- Ariel Ze'evi (born 1977), Israeli judoka
- In fiction
- Ariel (The Tempest), a character in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest
- Ariel, an evil angel and pagan god in John Milton's Paradise Lost
- Ariel, the narrator in Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock
- Ariel Moore, a character in the 1984 movie Footloose
- Ariel (The Little Mermaid), the title character of Disney's 1989 film The Little Mermaid
- Ariel Manto, the protagonist of The End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas
- Ariel Maloney, a character in the movie Soapdish
- Ariel Hawksquill, a mage in John Crowley's epic Little, Big
- 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 Universe
- Ariel, alias of the Marvel Comics character Kitty Pryde
- Princess Ariel (Thundarr the Barbarian), a main character in the Thundarr the Barbarian animated series
- Ariel Kyho (吳彩欣), a character in the TVB television drama A Kindred Spirit
- Ariel, the original name of the Transformers character Elita One
- Ariel of the Balance, a character in the Legacy of Kain video game series
- Ariel 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 and 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 tabletop wargame setting
- Ariel, a unicorn in Steve Boyett's novel Ariel
- Ariel Alderman, third season antagonist on the Nip/Tuck television series
- Ariel 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 from 1982–1985
- 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
See also