Given name & surname
Arion
“a poet or musician”
Arion is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “a poet or musician.”
Original GreekΑρίων
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “a poet or musician.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arion through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,830
- 2,210 boys · 620 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 104 babies
- 2025
- 70
- #2,092 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −13%
- Easing
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 94% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 70 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,092 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 13.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 89 in 2014. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,109 as a first name in 2020; 163 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.
Arion’s family of names
Arion has a related form in Arian. Arion has a related form in Arien. Arion has a related form in Aryon.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
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.
People named Arion
Characters named Arion: Tenma Matsukaze (Inazuma Eleven GO).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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