Given name & surname
Aires
“the heir to a fortune”
Aires is a variant of Ayers. One English interpretation is “the heir to a fortune.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Aires is a variant of Ayers. One English interpretation is “the heir to a fortune.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Aires is a variant of Ayers. An origin associated with Ayers is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aires through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 154
- 119 boys · 35 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 28
- #4,861 for boys · #10,958 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +181%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,861 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. It also appeared in 8 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 276 as a first name in 2020; 337 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aires’s family of names
Aires has a related form in Ayers. In Greek usage, Aires as a surname is a transliteration of Αηρές.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Aires
- Aires AliMozambican politician and Prime-Minister of Mozambique (2010–2012)born 1955
- Aires de Ornelas e VasconcelosCatholic archbishop (1837-1880)
- Airas Carpancho
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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