Araneli

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Araneli by the numbers

Araneli was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Araneli

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 Araneli. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Aracelialtar of heaven225 in the US (2017)
  • Aracelyaltar of heaven134 in the US (2017)
  • Arelilion of god; a form of Ariel120 in the US (2017)
  • Anneligrace; a form of Anna with -li suffix21 in the US (2017)
  • Arabelayielding to prayer; a form of Arabella6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aracellialtar of heaven; from ara coeli8 in the US (2017)

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