Arian - Meaning of Arian

What does Arian mean?

[ 3 syll. a-rian, ar-i-an ] The baby boy name Arian is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is AAR-iy-aeN †. Arian is used predominantly in the Albanian and English languages, and its origin is Albanian and Old Greek. From Albanian roots, its meaning is golden life. It is derived from the elements 'ar' meaning gold ; 'jetë' life.

In addition, Arian is a variant of the name Arion (English).

The name Arjeta (Albanian) is the female version of Arian.

Arian has 11 variants that are used in English and other languages. Variants used in English include Ariana, Ariane, Ariann, Arianne, Ariano, and Arrian.

Foreign variants of Arian include Arijan (Albanian), Ariyan (Albanian), Arjaan (Albanian), Arjan (Albanian), and Aryan (Tajik).

Arian is somewhat popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 2010s; before that, it was of irregular use only. At the modest height of its usage in 2011, 0.011% of baby boys were given the name Arian. Its ranking then was #922. Within the group of boy names directly linked to Arian, Aryan was the most frequently used in 2011. It was 59% more commonly used than Arian in that year. Arian has in the past century been predominantly given to baby boys.

Baby names that sound like Arian include Arianne, Aareon, Achiram, Aharon, Ahriman, Aramis, Arana, Ariane, Arien, Arion, Arjen, Armanee, Armaney, Armani, Armanie, Armanii, Armanno, Armano, Armany, and Armino.

† Pronunciation for Arian: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"