Arizona: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “place name of uncertain origin”
- Origin
- Unknown
- Say it
- air-ih-ZOH-nuh · 4 syllables
- Used for
- Girls (96% of all uses)
Taken from the U.S. place name. The state's etymology is disputed; common proposals connect it to O'odham ali ṣona-g 'little spring' or Basque aritz ona 'good oak'. The origin of this name is not settled among etymologists.
How popular is Arizona?
Babies named Arizona in 2024117
2024 rank#1,837 girls
Peak year1903
Total US babies since 18803,607
Arizona is rising: use over the last five years is 2.1× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Arizona
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
- Avauncertain; possibly bird or life · Unknown
- Mayauncertain; often illusion or water · Unknown
- Ailanyuncertain · Unknown
- Alanauncertain; often linked to little rock or handsome · Unknown
- Leiauncertain; often used as a form of Leah · Unknown
- Londonfrom London, place name · Unknown
- Nayeliuncertain; often said to mean I love you · Unknown
- Elorauncertain; perhaps from Eliora or Laura · Unknown
Arizona questions
What does the name Arizona mean?
Arizona means "place name of uncertain origin". It comes from Unknown. Taken from the U.S. place name. The state's etymology is disputed; common proposals connect it to O'odham ali ṣona-g 'little spring' or Basque aritz ona 'good oak'.
Is Arizona a boy or girl name?
Arizona is mainly a girl's name in US records (96% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Arizona?
117 US babies were named Arizona in 2024. Its peak year was 1903.
How do you pronounce Arizona?
Arizona is usually pronounced air-ih-ZOH-nuh.
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.