Arya

AHR-yuh

Boy

Average rank #1,649 across 3 of 7 countries

Meaning & origin

Persian, Indian, Hindi, Malayalam

, Indian, Hindi, MalayalamFrom an old Indo-Iranian root meaning "Aryan, noble". In India, this is a transcription of both the masculine form आर्य and the feminine form आर्या. In Iran it is only a masculine name.

How popular is Arya?

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales

#1,132

in 2024

🇺🇸 USA

#2,483

in 2025

🇨🇦 Canada

#1,331

in 2024

Not in top rankings for: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇦🇺 Australia, 🇳🇿 New Zealand

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