Aerys
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Aerys by the numbers
Aerys was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Aerys
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 Aerys. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Arys4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Averyruler of the elves10,365 in the US (2017)
- Aarynmountain of strength, exalted; a modern respelling of Aaron90 in the US (2017)
- Amerywork ruler; a form of Emery28 in the US (2017)
- Alexysdefender of mankind; a form of Alexis25 in the US (2017)
- Aeronbattle; warfare3 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Aerys
Names that are said the same way as Aerys, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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