Given name
Arrie
“resembling a lion or an eagle”
Arrie is a variant of Ari. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a lion or an eagle.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Arrie is a variant of Ari. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a lion or an eagle.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Arrie is a variant of Ari. An origin associated with Ari is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arrie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,110
- 318 boys · 1,792 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 51 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,194 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −30%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,194 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 41 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 645 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.
Arrie’s family of names
Arrie has a related form in Ari. In German usage, Arrie has a conventional equivalent in the Turkish form Harun. In German usage, Arrie has a related form in Arri.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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