Areya
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in England and Wales.
Areya by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Areya. In the US, 21 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 21 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Areya
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 Areya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Aryanoble; honorable; aryan2,201 in the US (2017)
- Ariyanoble; of noble birth124 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ameyaboundless or infinite18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arenasand or sandy place5 in the US (2017)
- Arelaaltar or lion of God; related to Ariel4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Araya49 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Areya
Names that are said the same way as Areya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Ariamelody, air; lioness7,160 in the US (2017)
- Aaryanoble, honorable; respelling of Arya56 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aryahlion of God; a form of Ariel134 in the US (2017)
- Auriagolden; a form of Aurora49 in the US (2017)
- Aairahair or lion; variant of aira33 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aariahlion of god; variant of ariel29 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Areya
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