Given name
Arius
“enduring life; everlasting; immortal”
Arius is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “enduring life; everlasting; immortal.”
Original Ancient GreekἌρειος
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “enduring life; everlasting; immortal.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
In Old English usage, Arius developed from Ἄρειος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arius through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,167
- 1,120 boys · 47 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 83 babies
- 2025
- 53
- #2,677 for boys · #15,185 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +17%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 48 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,677 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 17.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 5 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 772 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.
Arius’s family of names
In Old English usage, Arius developed from the Ancient Greek form Ἄρειος. In English usage, Arius has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Ario. Arius has a related form in Areos.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Arius has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Arius comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Ἄρειοςroot · Ancient Greek
- ΆρειοςGreek
- ArioItalian
- ArrioSpanish
- А́рийRussian
- ÁrioPortuguese
- ArīusLatin
- ԱրիոսArmenian
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