Arian
Arian is a male given name and family name.
Origin and meaning of the name
The name Arian occurs with different meanings in different cultures:
- common name in the Roman Empire
- Spanish : Arían, male first name.
- Variant of Adrian (derivation from Hadrian ) indicated, here also in the Dutch / Frisian variants Arjen or Arjan
- Albanian : Our gold , here also in the spelling Arjan or Arijan
- Persian and in various Iranian , Indian and Kurdish languages : The noble, the pure , here also in the spelling Aryan , Arya or Aria
- Welsh : silver, shiny, money.
Well-known namesake
First name
- Lucius Flavius Arrianus (* around 85–90 AD), Greek-speaking Roman politician and historian
- Arijan Ademi (* 1991), Croatian footballer
- Arjan Beqaj (* 1976), Albanian footballer
- Arjan Hut (* 1976), Frisian author
- Arijan Komazec (1970), Croatian basketball player
- Arian Leka (* 1966), Albanian writer
- Arian Nachbar (* 1977), German short tracker
- Arjen Robben (* 1984), Dutch footballer
family name
- David Arian (1903–1991), German-Israeli police and state official
See also
- Ariani (family name)