Given name & surname
Arista
“a harvester of corn”
Arista is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “a harvester of corn.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “a harvester of corn.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arista through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 588
- 0 boys · 588 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −42%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 31 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 556 as a first name in 2020; 1,241 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.
Arista’s family of names
Arista has a related form in Aristana. Arista has a related form in Aristen. In Greek usage, Arista as a surname is a transliteration of Άριστα.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
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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