Arya

Where Arya comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit आर्य (ā́rya, “noble, respectable”). Doublet of Aryan and Iran.
— Wiktionary's entry for Arya
  • Sanskrit
  • Vowel-ended
Arya through the years
  1. 1973
    Arya Aziminejad born
    Iranian musician and composer
  2. 1986
    First appearance
    #10,912 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1990
    Arya Rohit born
    Indian film actress, model, and television presenter
  4. 2004
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  5. 2011
    Around this time: Game of Thrones
    TV, 2011 · Source
    “The 2011 television series Game of Thrones features a character named Arya Stark, increasing the name's popularity among Western audiences.”
  6. 2019
    Peak, #92
    3,051 babies named Arya, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Sanskrit.
  • A female given name from Sanskrit.
Namesakes
  • Arya Rohit · Indian film actress, model, and television presenter, born 1990
  • Arya Aramnejad · Iranian musician
  • Arya Aziminejad · Iranian musician and composer, born 1973
  • Arya Maulana Aldiartama · badminton player, born 1995
  • Arya Salim · Malayalam film actress, born 1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name. Quotes are from the linked Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).