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azriel and zariel
Gender: Female
ZARIELMeaning: Lion Princess
Origin: American
(babynames.com) andAZRIELGender: Male or Female
Meaning: God is My Aid
Origin: Hebrew
(babynames.com)also the name AZRIEL was used in a moive as the name of a deamon but i cant think of what the movie is called
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Zariel could be a misspelling of Sariel, male Hebrew name meaning "prince of G-d". Or a short form of Azariel, male Hebrew name meaning "G-d helped me". No lion princess here.Azriel is also a male Hebrew name, meaning "G-d is my help".
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Azriel is a variation of Azrael, which is already in the database.Zariel does not mean 'Lion Princess'. The Hebrew name Ariel means 'Lion of God'. As 'z' does not mean 'princess', there is no logical etymology for this name. The only thing I can think of is that it's a combination of 'Sarah' and 'Ariel', which would hypothetically mean 'Lion Princess of God', but it's still a made-up name with, as far as I can tell, no real etymological meaning. Also, Ariel is traditionally male, not female.
ChrisellAll we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.

This message was edited 7/28/2005, 8:12 PM

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Also: Babynames.com is crap when it comes to accurate meanings.
Miranda
"You've been downgraded to a class three tropical storm." -- My mother to my father, re: Hurricane DennisProud adopter of 15 punctuation marks; see my profile for their names.
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Couldn't we find a more polite term to express this? "Babynames.com is often inaccurate when it comes to name origins" would do and not sound like an opinion, and opinions seem to be disliked on this board.
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No, it's fact that Babynames.com isn't to be trustedIt's notoriously unreliable, and nobody should go there if they want accurate, etymologically-based meanings. Thus, what I said was perfectly factual.EDIT: - extra "was", two days after the fact...
Miranda
"You've been downgraded to a class three tropical storm." -- My mother to my father, re: Hurricane DennisProud adopter of 15 punctuation marks; see my profile for their names.

This message was edited 8/1/2005, 2:52 PM

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Yeah I never have found them to even have a very large data base at all.---------------------------------------------------------------------
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It's not so much that their database is small, as that they invent and change meanings whenever they choose. They don't care if it's accurate as long as it's "cute".
ChrisellAll we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.

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I think his point is that there are less inflamatory ways to describe the site.
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Precisely. It is fine to criticize their accuracy, but "crap" is not a word that should be used on a site like this one where people are supposed to be discussing names from an intellectual perspective.
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