Given name & surname
Arda
“one who is warm and friendly”
Arda is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “one who is warm and friendly.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “one who is warm and friendly.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1889. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 892
- 560 boys · 332 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 41 babies
- 2025
- 38
- #3,131 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +17%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 38 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,131 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 17.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 41 in 2006. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 813 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Arda’s family of names
Arda has a related form in Ardie. Arda has a related form in Ardy. Arda has a related form in Ardi.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Arda
- Arda TuranTurkish association football player (born 1987)
- Arda GülerTurkish association football player (born 2005)
- Arda KılıçTurkish association football player (born 2005)
- Arda KuralTurkish actor (born 1980)
- Arda AkbulutTurkish association football player (born 2001)
- Arda KızıldağTurkish association football player (born 1998)
- Arda KardeşlerTurkish association football referee (born 1988)
- Arda Okan KurtulanTurkish association football player (born 2002)
- Arda AnaratTurkish actor (born 1999)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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