Ārijs

Latvian edit

Etymology edit

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. Possibly from (biblical) Hebrew אריה (“lion”), from Arius, or a phonetic coinage.

Proper noun edit

Ārijs m

a male given name
Arius

Related terms edit

Ārija
Āris

References edit

Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
[1] Population Register of Latvia: Ārijs was the only given name of 295 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.