
The name Aria is of Persian - Iranian, Hebrew, Italian origins, which means it has more than one root, and is used in more than one countries and different languages of the world, especially Albanian speaking countries, English speaking countries, Hebrew speaking countries, Hindi speaking countries among others. The first thing you should know if you are considering Aria for your baby's name is that in most countries all over the world the name Aria is a unisex name, used as a boy name and a girl name. Pronunciation: (ARE ee ah) Form of: Ari Considering Aria as a Baby Name? Others include Aria Montgomery from Pretty Little Liars, and the elf princess Arya from Eragon. Although Aria is typically a female name, there is an Indian actor named Arya, and an Iranian-Japanese male footballer named Aria Jasuru Hasegawa.Īrya Stark from Game of Thrones is arguably one of the most well known fictional characters named ‘Aria’ (or, in this case, a variant spelling). Similarly spelled names to Aria include Ariadne (Greek) and Ara (American), and names that also have musical meanings are Harmony, Cadence and Melody.įamous people with the name Aria include Aria Curzon (actress) and Aria Wallace (actress). Aria is also a diminutive form of the Greek Ariana, and common nicknames include Ari and Ree. In the ancient Persian Empire, Aria was a province in the East, and Aria/Arya is where the term Aryan is rooted from. Before 2000, the name Aria only reached the top thousand most popular names for girls once, in 1880.

Famous arias include 'O mio babbino caro' and 'Nessun dorma' by Puccini and 'La donna e mobile' by Verdi.Īria can also be spelled as ‘ Ariah’, but arguably the most popular alternative spelling for Aria is ‘ Arya’, and both names spiked in popularity between 20 after the release of the television show Game of Thrones, with Aria being the 31 st most popular name for girls in 2014. An aria is melody for a solo voice in an opera, usually with orchestral accompaniment.

An aria is also an operatic term, and is a piece of music for a solo voice. Additional information: The name Aria has roots in several languages – it means ‘air’ in Italian, ‘lioness’ in Aramaic and Hebrew, it was the name of a nymph in Greek mythology, and it is also connected with the Sanskrit and Persian word Arya (آریـــا), meaning ‘noble and honourable’.
