Ares - Meaning of Ares

What does Ares mean?

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Ares

[ 2 syll. a-res, ar-es ] The baby boy name Ares is pronounced in English as AER-iyZ or EHR-iyZ †. Ares' language of origin is Latin and Old Greek, and it is predominantly used in Greek.

Ares is a form of the English Aries.

Ares is also a form of the Greek Aris.

See also the related categories, latin and greek.

Ares is a fairly popular baby name for boys, and it is also regarded as trendy. The name has been growing in popularity since the 2010s; prior to that, it was of only irregular use. Its usage peaked modestly in 2018 with 0.025% of baby boys being named Ares. Its ranking then was #563. Among all boy names in its group, Ares was the most popular in 2018. Ares was twice as popular as the next ranked name, Aries, in that year.

Baby names that sound like Ares include Aires, Aries, Ariese, Aaric, Aarick, Aarik, Aeric, Aerick, Ahraya, Ahrgus, Aira, Airle, Arach, Aras, Archee, Archey, Archi, Archie, Archy, and Arec.

† Pronunciation for Ares: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)"