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Meaning of the nameArian

Arian is a name used for boys and girls in Brazil, with an origin not known with certainty in this spelling.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,289 people named Arian, the 6,976th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 21, and the largest group was born in the 2000s. Proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

Meaning

The meaning of Arian is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
1,289
Rank in Brazil
#6,976
Median age
21 years
2010 Census
1,135
people

Arian in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Arian, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (404 people).

178 women 1,111 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Arian is most common

States with the highest share of people named Arian in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Pará 0.002%
  2. Bahia 0.001%
  3. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
  4. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1980.000%
Bahia1400.001%
Pará1290.002%
Rio de Janeiro1080.001%
Rio Grande do Norte860.003%
Santa Catarina780.001%
Minas Gerais720.000%
Rio Grande do Sul690.001%
Paraná630.001%
Maranhão390.001%
Pernambuco350.000%
Paraíba310.001%
Amazonas300.001%
Espírito Santo280.001%
Ceará260.000%
Mato Grosso260.001%
Goiás220.000%
Piauí200.001%
Sergipe200.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Arian

The origin of Arian in Brazil is uncertain. Behind the Name gives Arian as an Albanian male name, from ar, 'gold', but there is no source linking that origin to its use in Brazil. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,289 people named Arian, with a median age of 21, of whom 1,111 were men and 178 were women. Most were born in the 1990s and 2000s.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Arian · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Arian

What does the name Arian mean?

The meaning of Arian is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Arian in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,289 people with the first name Arian, which ranks it number 6,976 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Arian a boy's or a girl's name?

Arian is used by both men and women: in the 2022 Census, 178 women and 1,111 men had this name.

In which Brazilian state is Arian most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.002% of the state's population is named Arian (129 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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