Aarish

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 13 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
13
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1897
13 babies

Aarish by the numbers

In 2025, 13 babies in England and Wales were named Aarish. In the US, 30 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 33 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Aarish

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aarish. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Aarushfirst ray of the sun166 in the US (2017)
  • Arish13 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aaris7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aarsh10 in the US (2017)
  • Aadish7 in the US (2017)
  • Aavish6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Aarish

Names that are said the same way as Aarish, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Arushdawn or first ray of sun30 in the US (2017)
  • Arashgiver or one who gives3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Aarish

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