Arys
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 4 babies a year in England and Wales.
Arys by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Arys.
Its American peak was 7 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Arys
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 Arys. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Aryanoble; honorable; aryan2,201 in the US (2017)
- Aresgod of war413 in the US (2017)
- Arisbest, most excellent; form of aristos113 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arasswift or eager47 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aryelion; a form of Ari or Aryeh15 in the US (2017)
- Arylion of god; a form of Ari or Ariel14 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Arys
Names that are said the same way as Arys, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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