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Arian

Arian: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“Aryan; noble”
Origin
Persian
Say it
AIR-ee-ən · 3 syllables
Used for
Boys (80% of all uses)

Arian is used in several traditions. In Persian and related usage it is associated with 'Aryan' in the historical sense and interpreted as 'noble'; it may also occur as a variant of other names in European use.

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How popular is Arian?

202488.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Arian in 2024293

2024 rank#861 boys

Peak year2013

Total US babies since 18808,041

Arian has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Arian

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Jaspertreasurer · Persian
  • Cyrussun; uncertain · Persian
  • Kiankingly · Persian
  • Dariuspossessing goodness · Persian
  • Caspertreasurer · Persian
  • Kiaanking, realm · Persian
  • Tajcrown · Persian
  • Armanwish; ideal · Persian

Arian questions

What does the name Arian mean?

Arian means "Aryan; noble". It comes from Persian. Arian is used in several traditions. In Persian and related usage it is associated with 'Aryan' in the historical sense and interpreted as 'noble'; it may also occur as a variant of other names in European use.

Is Arian a boy or girl name?

Arian is mainly a boy's name in US records (81% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Arian?

293 US babies were named Arian in 2024. Its peak year was 2013.

How do you pronounce Arian?

Arian is usually pronounced AIR-ee-ən.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.