Meaning and origin
Arian is a Welsh boy name. The meaning of the name is `silver`.
What Arian`s say about their name
The best thing about the name Arian: It is a very unique name, inspiring many people to ask about it, or at least remember me. I have never met anyone else with the same name!
The worst thing about the name: The association with the Aryan race and National Socialism in Germany, obviously
If my name wasn`t Arian....: I would be stuck with my middle name, or have to make something up that sounded cooler than my middle name.
Extra information: There is an elf messenger in Tolkien's The Two Towers by the name Arian, who enters, delivers a message, and dies. There's your Arian trivia of the day! Many people think I am Persian as well.