Meaning of the nameAriel

Ariel is a name of Hebrew origin meaning 'lion of God', also used in the Bible as a poetic name for Jerusalem, and in Brazil it is more common as a male name.

Meaning

“lion of God”

Source: Wiktionary: Ariel · Behind the Name: Ariel

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People (2022): 38,341
Rank in Brazil: #692
Median age: 15 years
2010 Census: 29,864; people

Ariel in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ariel, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (11,601 people).

3,791 women 34,550 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Ariel is most common

States with the highest share of people named Ariel in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Bahia 0.039%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.033%
Acre 0.031%
Santa Catarina 0.031%
Piauí 0.028%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	5,858	0.013%
Bahia	5,549	0.039%
Rio Grande do Sul	3,561	0.033%
Minas Gerais	2,710	0.013%
Paraná	2,413	0.021%
Santa Catarina	2,319	0.031%
Ceará	1,792	0.020%
Rio de Janeiro	1,697	0.011%
Pará	1,505	0.019%
Pernambuco	1,398	0.015%
Maranhão	1,317	0.019%
Goiás	1,024	0.015%
Piauí	903	0.028%
Amazonas	747	0.019%
Alagoas	698	0.022%
Mato Grosso do Sul	693	0.025%
Mato Grosso	641	0.018%
Paraíba	580	0.015%
Espírito Santo	534	0.014%
Sergipe	485	0.022%
Rio Grande do Norte	458	0.014%
Distrito Federal	304	0.011%
Rondônia	303	0.019%
Acre	258	0.031%
Tocantins	256	0.017%
Amapá	169	0.023%
Roraima	169	0.027%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Ariel

Ariel comes from Biblical Hebrew אֲרִיאֵל, which Wiktionary and Behind the Name explain as ari, 'lion', and el, 'God', that is, 'lion of God'; Wiktionary notes that the etymology of the biblical term is debated. In the Hebrew Bible, Ariel appears as a personal name and as a poetic designation for Jerusalem. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) cites Ariel among the traditional names in -el, from Hebrew el, 'God'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 38,341 people named Ariel, with a median age of 15.

Sources

Wiktionary: Ariel · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Ariel · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ariel · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Ariel

What does the name Ariel mean?

Ariel means “lion of God”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Ariel in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 38,341 people with the first name Ariel, which ranks it number 692 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Ariel a boy's or a girl's name?

Ariel is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 3,791 women and 34,550 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Ariel?

Ariel is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Ariel most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.039% of the state's population is named Ariel (5,549 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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