Ariel is a given name from Biblical Hebrew ''Ariel'' that literally means "lion of God". The female form is (transliterated as Ariela, Ariella, or the alternative English and French spelling Arielle). In modern Hebrew, Ariel is primarily used as a male name. It also appears as a surname. 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 Behar Ariel Behar (; born November 12, 1989) is a Uruguayan professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. His career-high doubles ranking is World No. 34 achieved on 6 May 2024. He has won three ATP titles with Ecuadorian partner Gonzalo Esc ...

(born 1989), Uruguayan tennis player *

Ariel Besse Ariel Besse or Ariel Besse-Atanoux (7 October 1965 – 29 May 2022) was a French actress. Her first film role was a starring part in Bertrand Blier's 1981 film '' Beau Pere'', when she was 15. Besse's parents sued the distributors for the poste ...

(1965–2022), French actress * Ariel Bibas (2019-2023), Israeli kidnapping and murder victim * Ariel Bloomer (born 1988), singer for American rock band Icon for Hire *

Ariel Borysiuk Ariel Borysiuk (; born 29 July 1991) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for regional league club Orzeł Baniocha. He earned twelve caps with the Poland national team. Club career Legia Warsaw Born in Biała ...

(born 1991), Polish footballer playing as a defensive midfielder * Ariel Serena Hedges Bowen (1863–1904), American writer and activist * Ariel Bybee (1943–2018), American singer *

Ariel Castro Between 2002 and 2004, Ariel Castro abducted Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus from the roads of Cleveland, Ohio, and later held them captive in his home at 2207 Seymour Avenue in the city's Tremont neighborhood. All three women ...

(1960–2013), former school bus driver and convicted kidnapper of three women *

Ariel Dorfman Vladimiro Ariel Dorfman (born May 6, 1942) is an Argentine-Chilean- American novelist, playwright, essayist, academic and human rights activist. A citizen of the United States since 2004, he has been a professor of literature and Latin American s ...

(born 1942), Chilean-American writer * Ariel Durant (1898–1981), American historian * Ariel Ekblaw (born 1992), American aerospace architect *

Ariel Gade Ariel Gade (born c. 1996) is an American former child actress from San Jose, California. She made her first acting appearance on an episode of television's ''Strong Medicine'', and followed this with a performance in the Barry Levinson film '' ...

(born 1997), American actress *

Ariel Garten Ariel Garten (born September 24, 1979) is a Canadian artist, scientist and intellectual known for her work in integrating art and science. She is the co-founder and former CEO of InteraXon. Early life and education Garten was born in Toronto. ...

(born 1979), Canadian artist, scientist, and co-founder of InteraXon * Ariel Gore (born 1970), American writer * Ariel Helwani (born 1982), Canadian journalist * Nazril Irham (born 1981), Indonesian singer using the mononym "Ariel" * Ariel Kalma (1947–2025), French new-age composer and electronic musician * Ariel Kaplan (born 1994), Australian actress * Ariel Leve (born 1968), British journalist * Ariel Levy (born 1974), American journalist *

Ariel Lin Ariel Lin Yi-chen (; born 29 October 1982) is a Taiwanese people, Taiwanese actress and singer. She rose to fame for her role as Yuan Xiangqin in the Taiwanese drama ''It Started with a Kiss (TV series), It Started with a Kiss'' (2005) and the Chi ...

(born 1982), Taiwanese actress and singer * Shelly Martinez (born 1980), American former professional wrestler who performed under the ring name "Ariel" *

Ariel McDonald Ariel Rene McDonald (born January 5, 1972) is an American-Slovenian former professional basketball player. He played at the point guard position. A high quality floor general who was the 2000 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP, FIBA SuproLeagu ...

(born 1972), American-Slovenian basketball player; 2000

Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP The Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP, or Israeli Basketball Super League MVP, is an annual basketball award that is presented to the most valuable player in a given season of the Israeli Basketball Premier League, which is the top-tier level ...

* Ariel Meredith (born 1986), American model *

Ariel Muzicant Ariel Muzicant (; born 1952 in Haifa, Israel) is an Austrian-Israeli businessman, who served as the president of the Viennese Jewish community (Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien). He is the president of the Bnai Brith lodge Zwi-Perez-Chajes and ...

(born 1952), Austrian Jewish community leader * Ariel Nahuelpan (born 1987), Argentinian soccer player *

Ariel Ortega Arnaldo Ariel Ortega (born 4 March 1974) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. His nickname is "El Burrito" (''The Little Donkey''), thus he is called "Burrito Ortega". Ariel Ortega first played f ...

(born 1974), Argentinian soccer player * Ariel Pestano (born 1974), Cuban baseball player *

Ariel Pink Ariel Marcus Rosenberg ( ; born June 24, 1978), professionally known as Ariel Pink, is an American musician, singer, and songwriter whose work draws heavily from the popular music of the 1960s–1980s. His lo-fi aesthetic and home-recorded al ...

(born 1978), American musician * Ariel Porat (born 1956), Israeli jurist and academic * Ariel Ramírez (1921–2010), Argentine composer and pianist * Ariel Rios (1954–1982), American ATF agent *

Ariel Rivera Jose Ariel Jimenez Rivera, professionally known as Ariel Rivera (; born September 1, 1966), is a Filipino singer, songwriter and actor. Rivera was born in Manila, Philippines but has since migrated with his family to Canada. He has since be ...

(born 1966), Filipino singer and actor *

Ana Rocha Ana Otero (born December 28, 1984) is a Portuguese- American professional wrestler and manager known by her ring name "The Portuguese Princess" Ariel, who has competed in Northeastern independent promotions including Ring of Honor, IWA Mid- ...

(born 1984), American professional wrestler who uses the ring name Ariel *

Ariel Rot Ariel Eduardo Rotenberg Gutkin (born 19 April 1960), better known as Ariel Rot, is an Argentine musician. He moved to Spain when he was young and became a member of the group Tequila. Later, he began his solo musical career, after which he jo ...

(born 1960), Argentine musician * Ariel Schulman (born 1981), American actor, film director, and producer *

Ariel Sharon Ariel Sharon ( ; also known by his diminutive Arik, ; 26 February 192811 January 2014) was an Israeli general and politician who served as the prime minister of Israel from March 2001 until April 2006. Born in Kfar Malal in Mandatory Palestin ...

(1928–2014), Israeli military officer and politician, Prime Minister from 2001 to 2006 * Ariel Tatum (born 1996), Indonesian actress, model, and singer * Ariel Ureta (born 1946), Filipino actor, host and comedian * Ariel Vromen (born 1973), Israeli film director and screenwriter *

Ariel Winter Ariel Winter Workman (born January 28, 1998) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Alex Dunphy in the ABC sitcom '' Modern Family'' (2009–2020), for which she and her several costars won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Ou ...

(born 1998), American actress *

Ariel Ze'evi Ariel "Arik" Ze'evi (; born 16 January 1977) is an Israeli retired dan 6 black belt in judo. He had a long and successful career competing in half-heavyweight judo competitions. He won an Olympic bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the ...

(born 1977), Israeli judoka

List of people with the surname Ariel

* Adam Ariel (born 1994), Israeli basketball player in the

Israel Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl (, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is a professional basketball league in Israel and the highest level of basketball in the country. The league's name is abbreviated as either BSL ...

* Gideon Ariel (born 1939), Israeli former Olympian in the shot put and discus throw * Meir Ariel (1942–1999), Israeli singer-songwriter * Uri Ariel (born 1952), Israeli politician

Fictional characters

* Ariel (''The Tempest''), a sylph, a character in William Shakespeare's play ''

The Tempest ''The Tempest'' is a Shakespeare's plays, play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1610–1611, and thought to be one of the last plays that he wrote alone. After the first scene, which takes place on a ship at sea during a tempest, th ...

'' * Ariel, an evil angel and pagan god in John Milton's ''

Paradise Lost ''Paradise Lost'' is an Epic poetry, epic poem in blank verse by the English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The poem concerns the Bible, biblical story of the fall of man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their ex ...

'' * Ariel, a

sylph A sylph (also called sylphid) is an air spirit stemming from the 16th-century works of Paracelsus, who describes sylphs as (invisible) beings of the air, his elementals of air. A significant number of subsequent literary and occult works have be ...

, the protector of Belinda in Alexander Pope's ''

The Rape of the Lock ''The Rape of the Lock'' is a mock-heroic narrative poem written by Alexander Pope. One of the most commonly cited examples of high burlesque, it was first published anonymously in Lintot's ''Miscellaneous Poems and Translations'' (May 1712) ...

'' * Ariel Moore, a character in the 1984 movie ''

Footloose ''Footloose'' is a 1984 American musical drama film directed by Herbert Ross and written by Dean Pitchford. It tells the story of Ren McCormack (Kevin Bacon), a teenager from Chicago who moves to a small town, where he attempts to overturn a b ...

'' * Ariel (''The Little Mermaid''), a mermaid princess from Disney's 1989 film ''The Little Mermaid'' * Ariel, a recurring character in the ABC television series ''

Once Upon a Time "Once upon a time" is a stock phrase used to introduce a narrative of past events, typically in fairy tales and folk tales. It has been used in some form since at least 1380 in storytelling in the English language and has started many narrative ...

'' * Ariel Manto, the protagonist of '' The End of Mr. Y'' by Scarlett Thomas * Ariel Maloney, a character in the movie ''

Soapdish ''Soapdish'' is a 1991 American comedy film directed by Michael Hoffman (American director), Michael Hoffman, from a screenplay by Robert Harling (writer), Robert Harling and Andrew Bergman. The film was produced by Aaron Spelling and Alan Greis ...

'' * Ariel Hawksquill, a mage in John Crowley's epic ''

Little, Big ''Little, Big: or, The Fairies' Parliament'' is a contemporary fantasy novel by John Crowley, published in 1981. It won the World Fantasy Award in 1982. Plot Turn-of-the-century American architect John Drinkwater begins to suspect that within ...

'' * Ariel Flyer, a bilingual flight and wildlife specialist from the Mountain Action Command Center Team in

Rescue Heroes (TV series) ''Rescue Heroes'' (later known as ''Rescue Heroes: Global Response Team'') is an animated adventure television series produced by Nelvana. Based on the Fisher-Price toy line of the same name, the television series tracks the adventures of a team ...

and Rescue Heroes: The Movie * Ariel Schiller, a character in the 2007 movie ''

Starting Out in the Evening ''Starting Out in the Evening'' is a 2007 American drama film directed by Andrew Wagner. The screenplay by Wagner and Fred Parnes is based on the novel of the same name by Brian Morton. Plot Now aging and ailing, the one-time celebrated autho ...

'' * 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 ''The Pillowman'' is a 2003 play by British-Irish playwright Martin McDonagh. It received its first public reading in an early version at the Finborough Theatre, London, in 1995, also a final and completed version of the play was publicly read i ...

'' * Ari Gold (''Entourage'') a character in the HBO series ''Entourage'' * Ariel DuBois, a character in the NBC drama ''

Medium Medium may refer to: Aircraft *Medium bomber, a class of warplane * Tecma Medium, a French hang glider design Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''The Medium'' (1921 film), a German silent film * ''The Medium'' (1951 film), a film vers ...

'' * Ariel (''Robotech''), a character in the science fiction series ''Robotech'' *

Ariel (comics) A-Bomb Abomination Absorbing Man Abraxas Abyss Abyss is the name of two characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Nils Styger Abyss is a mutant and the half-brother of Nightcrawler. He was cr ...

, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe * Ariel, alias of the Marvel Comics character

Kitty Pryde Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the X-Men. The character First appearance, first appeared in ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #129 (January 1980) and was ...

* 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 (''Legacy of Kain''), 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 Epica or EPICA may refer to: * Epica (band), a Dutch symphonic metal band * ''Epica'' (Kamelot album), 2003 * ''Epica'' (Audiomachine album), 2012 * The European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA) * The Epica Awards (International Adver ...

'' 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 ''Return to House on Haunted Hill'' is a 2007 American horror film and the sequel to the 1999 film ''House on Haunted Hill''. Directed by Víctor Garcia and written by William Massa, the film stars Amanda Righetti, Tom Riley, Cerina Vincent and ...

'' * Ariel, Mage Queen of Loren, the semi-divine queen of the Wood Elves in the ''

Warhammer Warhammer may refer to: * War hammer, a medieval weapon ''Warhammer'' franchise *''Warhammer'', a series of games and related media: ** ''Warhammer'' (game), a table-top fantasy miniature wargame, and origin of the franchise ** ''Warhammer Fanta ...

'' 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 Nora Roberts (born Eleanor Marie Robertson on October 10, 1950) is an American author of over 225 novels, known for romance novel, romance published under her own name. She also writes police procedurals which have elements of science fiction ...

* Ariel Aldrin, a character in the daytime television series ''

As the World Turns ''As the World Turns'' (often abbreviated as ''ATWT'') is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2, 1956, to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created ''As the World Turns'' as a sister show to her other so ...

'' from 1982 to 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 ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' (often referred to as ''90210'') is an American teen drama television series created by Darren Star and produced by Aaron Spelling via his production company Spelling Television. The series ran for 10 seasons on Fo ...

'' * Demon Lord Ariel from the light novel series ''

So I'm a Spider, So What? is a Japanese light novel isekai series written by Okina Baba and illustrated by Tsukasa Kiryu. The story follows a class that is killed in a mysterious explosion and reincarnated into another world with one girl reincarnated as a dungeon ...

'' * Ariel, secondary protagonist of the 2018 movie Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms * Ariel Conroy, antagonist in the television series '' You, Me, and the Apocalypse''

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List of people with the given name Ariel

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