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Aeriel (English), Arel (English and Hebrew), and Ariele (Italian) are variants of Ariel. Arik (Hebrew pet form), Ari (English and Hebrew short form), and Arie (Hebrew short form) are other variants of Ariel. Ariel is fairly popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity rose from the 1960s up to the 1990s; before that, it was of sporadic use only. At the modest height of its usage in 1991, 0.031% of baby boys were given the name Ariel. It ranked at #360 then. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity. In 2007, its usage was 0.024% and its ranking #504, but it was nonetheless the most popular within all boy names in its group. In 2007, 12% more boys were named Ariel than the subsequent ranked name, Ari (English, Hebrew, Bengali, Indian, and Greek). Though Ariel is more popular as a girl name today, there was a period from 1967 to 1980 that it was given more often to boys. From 1981 on, increasingly more girls than boys were named Ariel. In 2006, the name Ariel was given to 3 times as many girls than boys. Baby names that sound like Ariel include Aeriel (English), Ariele (Italian), Erol (Turkish), Earl (English), and Earle (English). KEY: Pronunciation for Ariel: EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" A famous person named Ariel is Soldier Ariel Sharon, born 26 February 1928, Kefar Malal, Palestine.
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