Ariel

• Arielle (for female name only)

From Biblical Hebrew אֲרִיאֵל (ari'él, a compound of אֲרִי (arí, “lion”) +‎ אֵל (él, “God”), literally “lion of God”).

• (moon of Uranus): All of Uranus’s moons are named after characters created by William Shakespeare or Alexander Pope. The names of all four satellites of Uranus then known were suggested by John Herschel in 1852 at the request of William Lassell, though it is uncertain if Herschel devised the names, or if Lassell did so and then sought Herschel’s permission. Ariel is the name of the leading sylph in Pope’s The Rape of the Lock and also the spirit who serves Prospero in Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

• (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹiəl/
• (Received Pronunciation, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɛəɹɪəl/, /ˈɛəɹiəl/

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• Homophones: aerial, areal
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹiəl

Ariel (plural Ariels)

1. (biblical) A name for the city of Jerusalem, the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of modern Israel, and the claimed capital city of modern Palestine.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 29:1:

     Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.

2. A male given name from Hebrew, also ascribed to spirits and angels in English literature.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezra 8:16:

     Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.

   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
     :Scene ii:

     All hail, great master! grave sir, hail! I come / To answer thy best pleasure; be't to fly, / To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride / On the curl'd clouds; to thy strong bidding task / Ariel and all his quality.

   • 1667, John Milton, “Book CLX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     Nor stood unmindful Abdiel to annoy / The Atheist crew, but with redoubl’d blow / Ariel and Arioc, and the violence / Of Ramiel scorcht and blasted overthrew.

   • 1712 May, [Alexander Pope], “The Rape of the Locke. An Heroi-comical Poem.”, in Miscellaneous Poems and Translations. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, canto:

     Of these am I, who thy Protection claim, / A watchful Sprite, and Ariel is my Name.

   • 1979, Phyllis Chesler, With Child, Crowell, →ISBN, page 121:

     You don't look like a Daniel (your pre-chosen name). There's something fierce and tawny about you. You're the Lion! You're Ariel: God's Lion. You'll be my father Leon's namesake — and for your father, you'll have a Hebrew name.
     I dub thee Ariel, faery spirit of my tempest. You'll be my Jerusalem...

3. A female given name from Hebrew, used mainly since the 1980s.
   • 1992, Kristina Logan, The Right Man for Loving, Thorndike Press, →ISBN, page 190:

     "I'm going to name her Ariel," Laura said, ignoring them completely as she stared down at the baby. "The boys like the name because it's the same as the girl in the Little Mermaid movie. And I like it, because it's pretty."

   • 2018, Jen Kim, Love and…: Bad Boys, “The One” & Other Fun Ways to Sabotage Your Relationship, Skyhorse Publishing, →ISBN:

     All the miniature Cinderellas, Belles, and Ariels who fill the streets every Halloween are essentially paying homage to characters that will slowly and inevitably chip away at their sense of worth in years to come.

4. (astronomy) The brightest moon of the planet Uranus.
5. An Israeli settlement and city in the central West Bank.

• Arielian

• raile, Reali, Liera, lirae, Alire, ailer

From English Ariel. Also from Spanish Ariel. Both from Biblical Hebrew אֲרִיאֵל (ari'él, a compound of אֲרִי (arí, “lion”) +‎ אֵל (él, “God”), literally “lion of God”).

The female given name is from Ariel, the titular character of the 1989 Disney animated film The Little Mermaid.

Ariel

1. a male given name from English [in turn from Hebrew]
   • 2013 — Suarez, Lloyd, Sulbad naba gyud ang Kaso ni Jessie Tabanao? (06 November), Super Hirit, Cebu Daily News

     Kinsa man gyud ang mamumuno? Unsa man gyud ang tinuod niyang pangan? Arnel Solivar alias Aye or Ariel Solivar alias Aye?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2014 — Compio, Jeepy P., Gipa-blow job, Gitulis (24 August), SuperBalita

     Ang suspek giila sa kapulisan nga si Ariel Tamba Gallo, 23, minyo, laborer, nagpuyo sa Madapo Hills, Barangay 5-A Bankerohan, samtang ang biktima giila sa alyas nga Duroy, 24, nagpuyo sa Phase 1, S.I.R Matina.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2015 August 1, Diaz, Bryner L, “Nipalit og Delata Gamit ang pPekeng Kwarta”, in Banat News:

     Ang nasikop naila nga si Ariel Ortado, 32, human gireklamo sa tindera sa usa ka sari-sari store nga fake ang iyang kwartang gigamit og palit.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. a female given name
3. (astronomy) Ariel; one of the moons of Uranus
4. (biblical) Ariel (a name for the city of Jerusalem, the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of modern Israel, and the claimed capital city of modern Palestine)
5. the archangel Ariel
6. a city in the central West Bank

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːʁi̯eːl/

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• IPA^(key): /ˈaːʁi̯ɛl/

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Ariel

1. (biblical) Ariel, a name for the city of Jerusalem
2. (astronomy) Ariel, a moon of Uranus

• Uranus
• Ariel, Miranda, Oberon, Titania, Umbriel

Borrowed from English Ariel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.rjɛl/

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• Rhymes: -arjɛl
• Syllabification: A‧riel

Ariel m pers

1. (astronomy) Ariel (brightest moon of the planet Uranus)

• Ariel in PWN's encyclopedia

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
• Hyphenation: A‧ri‧el

Ariel m or f by sense (plural Ariéis)

1. a unisex given name, equivalent to English Ariel

Ariel f

1. (astronomy) Ariel (moon of Uranus)
2. Ariel (a city in the West Bank)

• IPA^(key): /aˈɾjel/ [aˈɾjel]
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: A‧riel
• IPA^(key): /aɾiˈel/ [a.ɾiˈel]
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: A‧ri‧el

Ariel m or f

1. a unisex given name from Biblical Hebrew

Ariel

1. (astronomy) Ariel

• IPA^(key): /ˈarjɛl/

Ariel m

1. a male given name from arial (“vigour”), variant of Arial
2. (astronomy) Ariel (a moon of Uranus)

Heini Gruffudd (2010), Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children‎^[1], Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 20 of 192