Arin
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 40 babies a year in England and Wales.
Arin by the numbers
In 2025, 40 babies in England and Wales were named Arin. In the US, 89 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 85 babies in 1997, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Arin
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 Arin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ariamelody, air; lioness7,160 in the US (2017)
- Arilion; my lion1,122 in the US (2017)
- Arielion of God; variant of Ariel170 in the US (2017)
- Arisbest, most excellent; form of aristos113 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alinfair; bright; a form of Alan5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ayineye; sixteenth letter of hebrew alphabet5 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Arin
Names that are said the same way as Arin, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Aaronmountain of strength; exalted7,185 in the US (2017)
- Aronhigh mountain, exalted; variant of Aaron77 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aarynmountain of strength, exalted; a modern respelling of Aaron90 in the US (2017)
- Ahronmountain of strength; a form of Aaron8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Auronmountain of strength; exalted; modern respelling of Aaron41 in the US (2017)
- Arronhigh mountain; variant spelling of aaron6 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Arin
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