Names

Possibly means “healer” in Hebrew. This name was borne by the third king of Judah, as told in the Old Testament.

Short form of Old Norse feminine names beginning with the element áss “god”.

Old Norse, Icelandic and Faroese form of Åsa.

Turkish, Azerbaijani and Uyghur form of Arezou.

Breton form of Armel.

Alternate transcription of Hebrew אַרְיֵה (see Arieh).

Variant of Ariana.

Created by author George R. R. Martin for a popular character in his series A Song of Ice and Fire, published beginning 1996, and the television adaptation Game of Thrones (2011-2019). In the story Arya is the second daughter of Ned Stark, the lord of Winterfell.

From an old Indo-Iranian root meaning “Aryan, noble”. In India, this is a transcription of both the masculine form आर्य and the feminine form आर्या. In Iran it is only a masculine name.

From the Welsh intensifying prefix ar- and gwyn meaning “white, fair”.