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The first name 
Arya

Arya is a female first name. In some cases it's also given to boys.

Arya – known and loved in the US!

The name Arya isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all girls names, Arya ranks 144. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn girls, approximately 13 were named Arya. In the entire USA, approximately 24,038 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Arya. That is 0.01 % of all living Americans.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Arya

What does the name 
Arya mean?

Arya or Aria is a first name from Sanskrit or Persian. Possible meanings contained therein are ‘pure’ or ‘noble’.

What is Sanskrit? Sanskrit is an Indo-European language that was used in ancient India and is considered to be the classical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.

Arya is a name with many famous namesakes

An opera pop singer

Aria Tesolin (*1993)
She is known for her operatic vocals and her own genre-bending style of classically-influenced pop music. Aria Tesolin is a Canadian mezzo-soprano, classical crossover and contemporary pop singer, songwriter and poet. At the age of eight, Tesolin was already singing opera arias in concerts with the 3 Tenors from Canada. To date, some of her songs have even appeared in the charts, including 'Dolce' (2012) and 'The Key' (2013).

A fictional character

Aria Montgomery
Aria Montgomery is a fictional character and one of the four main protagonists in the television series 'Pretty Little Liars' (2010 - 2017). She is portrayed by Lucy Hale and is a talented musician and artist. Aria is a complex and mysterious character who has a close friendship with the other three main characters in the series. She is known for her rebellious and unconventional nature.

A strong female character

Arya Stark
Arya Stark is a fictional character and one of the main protagonists in George R. R. Martin's book series 'A Song of Ice and Fire' and its adaption for tv 'Game of Thrones' (2011 - 2019). She is played by Maisie Williams. Arya is the youngest daughter of House Stark and is portrayed as a brave, independent and determined character who seeks revenge on those who have hurt her family.

A fictional elf character

Arya
Arya is a fictional elf character in the 'Inheritance Cycle' series of books by Christopher Paolini, which includes 'Eragon'. She is an elf princess and one of the main characters in the series. Smart, strong and determined, Arya serves as a diplomatic envoy for her people. She is also a gifted healer and fighter. She plays an important role in the story, helping to resolve the conflict between the different peoples of Alagaesia.

Go on a journey to places 
with your name

When you hear the name Arya, you might first think of a woman or a girl. But did you know that there are also places with the name Arya? Are you also called Arya? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...

Aria,...

also known as Albe or Arbe, was a city and polis in ancient Crete. The name is not attested, but the demonyms are. The location of Aria was probably near modern Arvi.

A historic landscape

Aria (also known as Areia or Haraiva) is the ancient name of a historic landscape in Central Asia, much of which corresponds to the modern Afghan province of Herat.

A district

Aria is the name of a district, municipality and village in Aezkoa, in the autonomous region of Navarre (Spain).

Āria...

is a rural community in the Waitomo District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island with a population of only about 1,300 people.

Arya -
at home in every state from California to New York

The name Arya may not be in the top rankings of the most popular girls’ names, but it is one of the few female given names, along with only 536 others, that can be found in every single state in the U.S. from Alaska to Florida and from California to New York. Of course, the name occurs more frequently in some states than in others – and Arya is apparently especially popular in Nevada. Although the name is not one of the top 100 most popular women’s names here either, one in 2,021 women in Nevada is called Arya. In total, that’s 221 women who feel addressed when the name Arya is shouted loudly across Nevada and who ensure that their name makes it to #440 in our SmartGenius ranking of the most common female names in this nice state. If you asked all women in the entire U.S. for their first name, you would hear Arya as the answer a total of 22,920 times. This places Arya at #811 in our SmartGenius statistics for the most popular women’s names in the whole of the USA. This is true for all currently living women across all states and age groups – the recent popularity of the name Arya as a baby name is, of course, a bit different, as you can see from the statistics above.

Arya has 4 letters 
and begins with an A

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter A is the most popular first letter for girls’ names. 11.8% of all common girls’ names in the US start with this letter. The second most common first letter in girls' names is S.

With four letters, the name Arya is shorter than most other given names. In fact, only 5.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly four letters. Just 1.2% of all first names are even shorter, while 93% consist of more than four letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

That means that if 11.8% of all girls' names start with an A, this initial letter occurs over three times as often as all other letters on average. And, by the way, of all the girls' names that begin with the letter A, the name Ashley is the most common.

Other names with 
A, r, y and a

If you take all the letters in the name Arya – A, r, y and a – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Aary or others.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Arya

If your name is Arya and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Arya

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Arya, you can simply say:

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Rocket

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Apple

This is how the name Arya is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Arya in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Arya

Arya

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Arya

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Arya is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

A
R
Y
A

Have you ever waved the name Arya

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

A
R
Y
A

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Arya sounds like this: