Aryeh
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning lion.
Babies a year
118
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1897
13 babies
Aryeh by the numbers
In 2025, 13 babies in England and Wales were named Aryeh. In the US, 118 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 122 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aryeh. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Aryellion of God; a form of Ariel29 in the US (2017)
- Aryelion; a form of Ari or Aryeh15 in the US (2017)
- Ariehlion; a form of Ariel3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ariellion of god2,655 in the US (2017)
- Aryannoble; variant of Arjun151 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ardeneagle valley; a place name346 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a lion
Like Aryeh, each of these has a lion in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Aryeh
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