Ariel

Ariel is a unisex name from the Hebrew אֲרִיאֵל "Lion of God." Feminized versions include Ariella and Arielle. In Chinese, Ariel is pronounced Āi Lǐ Ěr (Simplified 埃里尔 Traditional 埃裡爾).

Ariel may refer to

People

• Ariel, a stage name for Aron Atwood in The Cuban Heels
• Ariel, the current ring name for ECW Vixen and wrestling star Shelly Martinez
• Ariel, the ring name of wrestling diva Ana Rocha
• Ariel, a sprite and servant of Prospero in William Shakespeare's play, The Tempest
• Ariel Bercovich, Israeli poet
• Ariel Durant, American writer
• Ariel Garten, Canadian artist
• Ariel López Padilla, Mexican actor
• Ariel Ortega, an Argentinian footballer
• Ariel Rot, Argentinian musician
• Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel (2001-2006)
• Ariel Zeitoun, French film director.
• Ariel Zilber, Israeli musician and songwriter
• Ariel Ochoa, a member of the Medellin Cartel
• Ariel Pink, LA based home recording artist
• Meir Ariel, Israeli musician and songwriter
• Uri Ariel, a member of the Israeli political party Tkuma

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• Ariel Rebekah, actress and operatic singer circa 1989.

Places

• Ariel, one of the biblical names of the city of Jerusalem, Israel.
• Ariel (city), an Israeli settlement in the West Bank between Nablus and Ramallah
• Ariel (moon), a moon of Uranus discovered in 1851 by William Lassell
• Ariel, Washington, a town in southwestern Washington state
• Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania, a town and its namesake lake

Fictional characters

• Ariel, a former alias of the Marvel Comics character Kitty Pryde
• Ariel, the original name of the Transformers character Elita One
• Ariel (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Comics Universe
• Ariel (Legacy of Kain), a character in the Legacy of Kain video game series
• Ariel (Pope), a character in Alexander Pope's poem The Rape of the Lock
• Ariel (Robotech), a character in the science fiction series Robotech
• Ariel (Shakespeare), a character in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest
• Princess Ariel, the main character in Disney's 1989 film The Little Mermaid
• Princess Ariel (Thundarr the Barbarian), a main character in the Thundarr the Barbarian animated series
• Ariel, the fictional daughter of the Patricia Arquette character on the NBC drama Medium

Publications

• Ariel, an essay by José Enrique Rodo.
• Ariel: a Shelley Romance, a novelized biography by André Maurois of Percy Bysshe Shelley
• Ariel (Beliaev), a science fiction novel by Russian author Alexander Beliaev
• Ariel: Book of Change, a novel by Steven R. Boyett, or its titular character
• Ariel (newspaper), the in-house magazine of the BBC
• Ariel (Plath), the last book of poetry by Sylvia Plath
• Ariel: The Book of Fantasy, a periodical published in the 1970s in book form

Film

• Ariel, a 1988 Finnish film by Aki Kaurismäki

Television

• "Ariel" (Firefly episode), an episode of the television series Firefly

Music

• Ariel (band), a group with which the electronic musician Kid 606 has worked
• "Ariel" (song) by Dean Friedman, or the character about whom the song is written
• Ariels, an album by electronica band Bent

Commercial products

• Ariel Gallery, an artist's cooperative and gallery in Asheville, North Carolina
• Ariel (Infotrieve system), a document delivery system from Infotrieve
• Ariel Ltd, a modern British car company
• Ariel (Microware system), an operating system by Microware
• Ariel (vehicle), a former manufacturer of motorcycles, bicycles, and cars from 1871
• Ariel (washing powder), a washing powder brand of Procter & Gamble

Other

• Ariel, a division of J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines that makes a line of nonalcoholic wines that also bear the Ariel name
• Ariel (company), a company that developed the ISPW in cooperation with IRCAM in France
• Ariel (space programme), a United Kingdom space programme of the 1960s and 1970s
• Ariel verse, a type of variation on Gloria in Excelsis Deo
• USS Ariel, the name of five ships of the United States Navy

See also

• Aerial
• Arial, the Microsoft Windows font
• Ari (name)
• Ari (lion)