Arai
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Arai by the numbers
Arai was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 7 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Arai
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 Arai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Arilion; my lion1,122 in the US (2017)
- Arabrings rain; the eagle constellation78 in the US (2017)
- Arahlion; a form of Ariel or Ari11 in the US (2017)
- Arpisun; a form of Arpi or diminutive of Armenian names11 in the US (2017)
- Ajaiunconquerable; invincible10 in the US (2017)
- Aramiaramean; relating to aramaic language9 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Arai
Names that are said the same way as Arai, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Arai
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