Aria (name)
Aria ( Persian آریا) is a male and female given name that is widespread in the Persian-speaking area and in India . Its meaning is “noble”, “honorable” or “pure”. In the Avesta, the holy book of Zoroastrianism , today's Tajiks and Iranians appeared under the name "Arya" (or in German Aryans). The Iranian peoples who lived in 2000 BC called themselves “Aryas”. They immigrated to the Iranian highlands and became the ancestors of today's Persians (Tajiks), Kurds, Pashtuns and Baluch, as well as the Indo-Aryans who immigrated to India.
In Europe, Aria is also a female Italian given name, which translated into German means "air".
Variants of the name are Arian , Aryan, Arya and Aaryan.
Well-known namesake
- Saint Aria , martyr in ancient Rome.
- Aria Curzon , American actress
- Aria Giovanni , American porn actress and model
- Aryan Khan , Afghan actor
- Aryan Vaid , Indian model
- Aria Wallace , American actress
Fictional characters
- Arya, elf in Eragon
- Aria Montgomery , character in Pretty Little Liars
- Arya Stark , character in A Song of Ice and Fire and its adaptation Game of Thrones
- Aria, character in the Mystic City book series
- Aria de Luca, character in the computer game Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
- Aria T'Loak, character in the computer game Mass Effect
Web links
- Pronunciation and meaning of the name Aria . Persian boy names on nirupars.com
- Meaning of the name Aria
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=96u9tHR9-TQC&pg=PA33&lpg=PA33&dq=%22St.+Aria%22+martyr&source=bl&ots=okNQFutofG&sig=c78PNcdNMHr9ayOSFMvx&XZLvZuTei=bHe = KOictum=Result_Result = = 1 & ved = 0CBYQ6AEwAA (link not available)