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This name is used both as a female and a male name. See Ariel f for the female version.
Swedish
Finnish
Norwegian
Danish
1) Latin spelling of Αριηλ (Ariel), a Greek form of the Hebrew name אֲרִיאֵל (Ariyel) meaning 'lion of god' (maybe in the meaning of 'offering hearth' [1]) [2]
First element (Ari-):
Hebrew ari = 'lion'
Lion Image by Kevin Pluck,[3] licensed under Creative Commons |
Last element (-el):
Hebrew el = 'God' (see ELI)
2) Finnish variant form of Adiel [2]
Ariel | ♂ |
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Aríel | ♂ |
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For female forms see Ariel f
- Danish | |
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Nominative: | Ariel |
Genitive: | Ariels |
- Finnish | |
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Nominative: | Ariel |
Genitive: | Arielin |
Partitive: | Arielia |
- Norwegian | |
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Nominative: | Ariel |
Genitive: | Ariels |
- Swedish | |
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Nominative: | Ariel |
Genitive: | Ariels |
In the Old Testament, Ariel is used as another name for the city of Jerusalem
Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Sweden[4] |
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278 | 615 | 126 | 249 | 152 | 366 |
Finland[5] |
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n.a. |
635 | n.a. |
265 | n.a. |
370 |
Denmark[6] |
|
67 | n.a. |
24 | n.a. |
43 | n.a. |
Iceland[7] |
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6 | 8 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[8] |
|
645 | n.a. |
516 | n.a. |
129 | n.a. |
Greenland[9] |
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0 | 0 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: count of main first name only | |||||||
&: count of both main and additional first names | |||||||
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |