Behind the Name: LadySherLoki's Personal Name List

Ariel

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Hebrew, English, French, Spanish, Polish, Biblical, Biblical Greek

Other Scripts: אֲרִיאֵל(Hebrew) Ἀριήλ(Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: a-ree-EHL(Hebrew) EHR-ee-əl(English) AR-ee-əl(English) A-RYEHL(French) a-RYEHL(Spanish) A-ryehl(Polish)

Rating: 47% based on 3 votes

Means "lion of God" in Hebrew, from אֲרִי ('ari) meaning "lion" and אֵל ('el) meaning "God". In the Old Testament it is used as another name for the city of Jerusalem. Shakespeare utilized it for a spirit in his play The Tempest (1611) and Alexander Pope utilized it for a sylph in his poem The Rape of the Lock (1712), and one of the moons of Uranus bears this name in his honour. As an English name, it became more common for females in the 1980s, especially after it was used for the title character in the Disney film The Little Mermaid (1989).

Tal

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Hebrew

Other Scripts: טַל(Hebrew)

Pronounced: TAL

Rating: 47% based on 3 votes

Derived from Hebrew טַל (tal) meaning "dew".

Zebadiah

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Biblical

Other Scripts: זְבַדְיָה(Ancient Hebrew)

Pronounced: zehb-ə-DIE-ə(English)

Rating: 33% based on 3 votes

Means "Yahweh has bestowed" in Hebrew. This is the name of several Old Testament characters.

Zipporah

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Biblical, Hebrew

Other Scripts: צִפּוֹרָה(Hebrew)

Pronounced: zi-PAWR-ə(English) ZIP-ə-rə(English)

Rating: 33% based on 3 votes

From the Hebrew name צִפּוֹרָה (Tzipporah), derived from צִפּוֹר (tzippor) meaning "bird". In the Old Testament this is the name of the Midianite wife of Moses. She was the daughter of the priest Jethro.