Arda
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 26 babies a year in England and Wales.
Arda by the numbers
In 2025, 26 babies in England and Wales were named Arda. In the US, 19 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 41 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Arda
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 Arda. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ariamelody, air; lioness7,160 in the US (2017)
- Aryanoble; honorable; aryan2,201 in the US (2017)
- Arabrings rain; the eagle constellation78 in the US (2017)
- Arkatreasure; wealth; valuable5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Artarighteous; related to Asha5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Armaweapons or tools; variant of Armand or Armas3 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Arda
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