Given name

Ārijs

“lion”

Ārijs is a masculine given name from Hebrew, meaning “lion.” It is used in Latvian.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Ārijs means “lion.”

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Where it comes from

Ārijs comes from Hebrew.

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How it developed

From Hebrew אריה (“lion”).

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Ārijs’s family of names

In Latvian usage, Ārijs has a feminine form in Ārija. In Latvian usage, Ārijs has a related form in Āris.

Walk Ārijs’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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