Aerial
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 17 babies a year in the US.
Aerial by the numbers
Aerial was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 132 babies in 1991, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Aerial
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aerial. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ariellion of god2,655 in the US (2017)
- Aurielgod is my light; variant of Auriel24 in the US (2017)
- Abrianvariant of adrian or abraham; from hadria or father of multitudes12 in the US (2017)
- Ariasplural of aria; musical melodies11 in the US (2017)
- Avrielmy father is god; a form of Ariel8 in the US (2017)
- Arrianof Arria; from the Roman family Arrius5 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Aerial
Names that are said the same way as Aerial, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Aryiellion of god; a form of Ariel5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Aerial
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