Arraya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Arraya by the numbers

Arraya was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 10 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Arraya

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 Arraya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Araya49 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Arrayah6 in the US (2017)
  • Adraya5 in the US (2017)
  • Arriya5 in the US (2017)
  • Arianavery holy; form of Ariadne3,870 in the US (2017)
  • Ariyanoble; of noble birth124 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Arraya

Names that are said the same way as Arraya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Ariamelody, air; lioness7,160 in the US (2017)
  • Aryanoble; honorable; aryan2,201 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)

Names about as common as Arraya

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