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 [ 3 syll. a-ria, ar-ia ] The girl name Aria is pronounced AARiyah KEY. Aria has its origins in the Latin language, and it is used largely in English and Italian. Aria is of the meaning 'song, melody, air'. In opera, an aria is a vocal performance usually sung in solo; it is an Italian word of ultimately Latin roots. The name has recently been adopted by English speakers, promoted by its appearances in fantasy literature, such as in the form Aryah in Brian Jacques' Martin the Warrior (1993-), the form Arya in George R. R. Martin's series 'A Song of Ice and Fire' (1996-), and the form Aria in Elizabeth Haydon's series 'Rhapsody: Child of Blood' (1999-), and Christopher Paolini's Eragon (2003). Variant forms of Aria include Arya (English) and Aryah (English). See also the related form, Arietta (Italian). Aria is fairly popular as a baby name for girls. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1990s; before that, it was of only very light use. Its usage peaked modestly in 2008 with 0.026% of baby girls being named Aria. Its ranking then was #575. Among all girl names in its group, Aria was the most commonly used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Aria include Allerie (English), Annora (English), Annorah (English), Arya (English), Aryah (English), Aurea (English), Áurea (Portuguese), Oria (Basque and Italian), Orya (Russian), Ara (English), Ari (Japanese, Spanish, English, Albanian, and Kurdish), Arwa (Arabic), Aurie (English), Aury (English), Ira (Italian, Latvian, and Russian), Iyar (Hebrew), Ora (Hebrew), Orah (Hebrew), Ori (Bini and Japanese), and Orie (Bini). KEY: Pronunciation for Aria: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
