Arizona

Place-name from Papago Indian

"little springs"

Arizona Origin and Meaning

The name Arizona is a girl's name of Native American origin meaning "little springs".

We usually think of place-names as a modern invention, but in fact Arizona ranked on the US Top 1000 from its inception in 1880 until 1911, when it vanished below the surface. It peaked at Number 510 in 1882, before Arizona became a state. One notorious vintage bearer: criminal "Ma" Barker, born Arizona Clark.

This unusual and evocative southwestern place name was picked for his daughter by former Everclear frontman Art Alexakis. It popped up as a first name on the quirky Dr. Arizona Robbins, introduced on Grey's Anatomy in 2009, played by Jessica Capshaw.

Arizona Rank in US Top 1000

# 934 in the US

Arizona Popularity

• 1646 Nameberry 2020
• 676 Unique 2023

20 Names Similar to Arizona

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Arizona.

• Alabama
• America
• Indiana
• Apple
• Dream
• Brooklyn
• December
• Atlanta
• Angelou
• Cheyenne
• Carolina
• Holiday
• October
• April
• Asia
• Blue
• Ireland
• Dakota
• January
• Gypsy

Famous People Named Arizona

• Arizona Muse American supermodel
• Arizona Donnie "Ma" Barker American member of the Barker criminal gang
• Zoey Arizona Grenier American beauty queen; Miss Alaska 2015
• Arizona Star Alexakis (b. 2007) daughter of American musician Art Alexakis

Arizona in Pop Culture

• Arizona Robbins pediatric surgeon on the TV show "Grey's Anatomy"
• "Arizona " song by Kings of Leon
• "Arizona " 1940 film
• "Raising Arizona " 1987 film
• Arizona USA
• Arizona Iced Green Tea brand
• "Arizona " song by Highly Suspect