Arryn

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Arryn by the numbers

Arryn was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 1993, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Arryn

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

  • Aarynmountain of strength, exalted; a modern respelling of Aaron90 in the US (2017)
  • Ardyn30 in the US (2017)
  • Arwyn13 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Airyn10 in the US (2017)
  • Arren5 in the US (2017)
  • Ariyanoble; of noble birth124 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Arryn

Names that are said the same way as Arryn, 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)
  • 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)
  • Aransmall king32 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Arryn

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