Ariella

What Ariella means

Form of Ariel, meaning “lion of God”

form of Ariel || 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.

Source: Wiktionary, “Ariella” (revision 55058550) and “Ariel” (revision 93817726), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Ariella?

US: Rising: up from #400 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #357 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2020, when 1,802 girls got the name (#154 that year). First in the US records in 1967.

How common

• About 1 in 915 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 830 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 716 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (5.14 per 1,000 girls), RI (4.89 per 1,000 girls), NJ (2.2 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Ariella is #174 in the US and #163 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Ariella were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ariela177 US · 16 E&W
• Auriella74 US · 5 E&W
• Ariely25 US
• Arelia16 US
• Ariellah11 US · 5 E&W
• Uriella9 US · 6 E&W
• Arielly13 US
• Eriella11 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Ariella

Girls

• Elsie#123Diminutive of Alison, meaning “of noble kind”^*
• Lena#279“the Large River”^*
• Ari#614“lion”^*
• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Rivka#628Same root as Rebecca, meaning “enchantingly beautiful, captivating…^*
• Eliza#115Editor’s note Up from #175 in 2015 to #115 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Elliot#151Variant of Elliott, meaning “my God is Yahweh”^*
• Adriel#84“flock of God”^*
• Jethro#952Editor’s note Up from #1,481 in 2015 to #952 in 2025 in the US
• Samson#477Editor’s note Up from #618 in 2015 to #477 in 2025 in the US
• Elliott#160“my God is Yahweh”^*
• Levi#12Editor’s note Up from #42 in 2015 to #12 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 180 US boys in the 2025 records

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ariella’s. Rank is US 2025.