Unisex name
Aryan
4,346 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2007. Expression number: 5.
Origin
Originally from Sanskrit आर्य (ā́rya, “noble; noble one”) and + -n. The Sanskrit word is an autonym originally from Proto-Indo-Iranian *áryas (see there for more). Borrowed into English in the 19th century, at first as a term for the Indo-Iranian languages, and later partly extended to the Indo-European languages and peoples following a theory by Friedrich Schlegel that connected the Indo-Iranian words arya/ā́rya with German Ehre (“honor”) and some older Germanic names, thus assuming that it was the original Indo-European autonym meaning "the honorable people". The original meaning of the Indo-Iranian autonym and its possible Indo-European origin/cognates are disputed (see the Wikipedia article for further details). The same Proto-Indo-Iranian root is the ultimate source of the country name Iran. Also the doublet of Arya.From Wiktionary, entry “Aryan”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2007: 231 births. 4,346 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. It really came into use around 2000. It is still given: 778 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 2007: 433 births. 8,854 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. It is given to girls (8%) as well as boys (92%). It really came into use around 1990. It is still given: 1,627 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 2023: 15 births. 114 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It is still given: 37 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 280* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Austria | 210 | 1984–2025 | — |
| Quebec | 132 | 1980–2025 | — |
| Berlin | 54 | 2012–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
5
freedom, change, movement
1 + 9 + 7 + 1 + 5 = 23 → 5
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
2
cooperation, sensitivity, connection
1 + 1 = 2
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
3
expression, creativity, sociability
9 + 7 + 5 = 21 → 3
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 3, 4, 6, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 1 · initiative, independence, beginnings
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.