Ara

Armenian
"king"

Ara Origin and Meaning

The name Ara is a girl's name of Arabic, Armenian origin meaning "king".

Simple and yet distinctive, Ara is a mythological name of a famously handsome king. Although it originated as a boys' name, in the contemporary US, it's now much more commonly used for girls.

Ara was one of the many vowel-heavy two-syllable names popular at the end of the nineteenth century and into the twentieth--it went as high as Number 481 in 1884. It's also used as a nickname for Arabella.

# 1000 in the US

Ara Rank in US Top 1000

# 903 on Nameberry

Ara Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Ara Popularity

Famous People Named Ara

  • Go AraKorean actress
  • Yoo AraKorean singer of group Hello Venus
  • (Ara Marie) Cristine ReyesFilipina actress

Ara in Pop Culture

  • Ara is a Neotropical genus of macaws