Ara

Meaning of Ara

Ara is a compact, cross-cultural forename whose etymological strands converge from several linguistic families, thereby justifying its long-standing unisex application. In Armenian lore it recalls Ara Geghetsik (“Ara the Beautiful”), a mythic king whose name is believed to derive from a root meaning “bringer” or “creator,” while Classical Latin preserves Ara as “altar,” a meaning still visible in the southern constellation of the same designation. Parallel formations appear in Sanskrit, where ara denotes the spoke of a wheel and, by extension, orderly motion, and in modern Korean, in which 아라 conveys “sea” or “to be beautiful.” This polygenetic background has fostered steady yet restrained domestic usage: United States vital-statistics data show the name oscillating in the lower quarter of the Top-1000 for nearly a century, with recent annual occurrences clustering around fifty and ranks hovering in the mid-800s. The brevity, phonetic clarity (AIR-ə), and semantic breadth of Ara collectively recommend it to parents seeking a historically resonant but understated choice that transcends gender and cultural boundaries without sacrificing linguistic economy.

Pronunciation

English

• Pronunced as AIR-uh (/ˈɛərə/)

• Sarah
• Lara
• Zara
• Cara
• Amara
• Tara
• Farah