Arja
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.
Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies
Arja by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Arja.
What we can tell you about Arja
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 Arja. 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)
- Arwafemale mountain goat or ibex133 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ajaone who drives; goat103 in the US (2017)
- Arabrings rain; the eagle constellation78 in the US (2017)
- Anjagrace; a form of Anna63 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Arja
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