Ariz
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 15 babies a year in England and Wales.
Ariz by the numbers
In 2025, 15 babies in England and Wales were named Ariz. In the US, 8 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Ariz
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 Ariz. 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)
- Aarizrespected; intelligent; wise leader73 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aricever powerful ruler; a form of aeric58 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Ariz
Names that are said the same way as Ariz, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Ariz
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