Aria (name)

Aria can be a male, female, or even a unisex name depending on the country of origin. In Sanskrit, though often transcribed "Arya", आर्य means "noble" or "honorable". Italian Aria refers both "air" and the melody, aria. In Albanian, Aria or Ari means "treasure" or "gold" or "of high value". In Hebrew, אריה (Arye) means "lion" and ארייה (Ariyah) means "fig picking". The Persian آریا (Arya) is a male name in Iran, and is also used in Hindi and Malayalam for both boys and girls.

The term Arya has been used by the Iranian people, as well as by the rulers and emperors of Iran, from the time of the Avesta. Evidently from the time of the Sassanids (226–651 CE) Iranians have called it Iran, meaning the "Land of the Aryans" and Iranshahr. In Middle Persian sources, the name Arya and Iran is used for the pre-Sassanid Iranian empires as well as the Sassanid empire. As an example, the use of the name "Iran" for Achaemenids in the Middle Persian book of Arda Viraf refers to the invasion of Iran by Alexander the Great in 330 BC. The Proto-Iranian term for Iran is reconstructed as *Aryānām (the genitive plural of the word *Arya); the Avestan equivalent is Airyanem (as in Airyanem Vaejah).

People with the given name

 * Aria Aber, American poet and writer
 * Aria Barzan (Ariobarzanes of Persis, died 330 BC; known as Ariobarzane the Brave), Iranian prince and military commander
 * Aria Clemente (born 1995), Filipina singer and actress
 * Aria Crescendo, a French-Romanian singer, songwriter and member of the Paradiso Girls
 * Aria Curzon (born 1987), American actress
 * Aria de Vries-Noordam, Dutch Paralympic athlete
 * Aria Dean (born 1993), American critic, artist, and curator
 * Aria Finger, former CEO of DoSomething and President of the TMI agency
 * Aria Fischer (born 1999), American water polo player
 * Aria Giovanni (born 1977), American pornographic actress and model
 * Aria C Jalali!, San Francisco-based singer
 * Aria Johnson (born 1983), American singer and actress
 * Aria Sa'id (born 1989/1990), American transgender advocate and political strategist
 * Aria Tesolin (born 1993), Canadian singer
 * Aria Wallace (born 1996), American actress
 * Aria Wiraraja (died 1331), Asian warrior and monarch

Fictional characters

 * President Aria Pokoteng, from Aria (manga)
 * Aria Montgomery, a character from ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars, based on the series of books by Sara Shepard
 * Aria Blaze, in My Little Pony films
 * Aria Kanzaki, in the Aria the Scarlet Ammo series of novels
 * Aria Shichijou, in the Seitokai Yakuindomo manga series
 * Aria, in the video game Crypt of the Necrodancer
 * Aria Benett, in the video game Final Fantasy III
 * Aria, in the Guilty Gear series of fighting games
 * Aria T'Loak, from the Mass Effect series of video games
 * Aria Wallenstein, from the Sword Oratoria series of light novels
 * Aria Link, from the anime Tegami Bachi
 * Aria, one of the moon sisters from the game Genshin Impact

People with the surname

 * Alphonse Aria (1902–1968), French sport wrestler
 * Kaminieli Aria (died 1967), Fijian cricketer
 * Mojean Aria, Australian actor
 * Nikita Aria, Indian actress