Given name · Hebrew · Yiddish
אריה
“lion”
אריה (arye) is a masculine given name from Hebrew, meaning “lion.” It is used in Hebrew and Yiddish.
Hebrew and YiddishWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: Aria.
Meaning & origin
אריה’s family of names
In Hebrew usage, אריה has a conventional equivalent in the English form Aria. In Yiddish usage, אריה can be written in the Roman alphabet as Arye. In Hebrew usage, אריה can be written in the Roman alphabet as aryé.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named אריה
- Aryeh DeriIsraeli politician (born 1959)
- Arieh SharonIsraeli architect1900–1984
- Aryeh DvoretzkyIsraeli mathematician (1916–2008)
- Aryeh EliavIsraeli politician (1921-2010)
- Aryeh LevinIsraeli rabbi1885–1969
- Aryeh KaplanAmerican rabbi and physicist (1934–1983)
- Aryeh AltmanIsraeli politician (1902-1982)
- Aryeh GamlielIsraeli politician1951–2021
- Aryeh BahirIsraeli politician (1906-1970)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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