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Aerion

Gender
Boy
Say it
AIR-ee-on
Origin
Modern

Aerion is a boys' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Aerion mean?

Modern: fantasy-style coinage

Aerion Targaryen is a prince in George R. R. Martin's Dunk and Egg stories, set in the world of Game of Thrones.

Is Aerion a girl's or a boy's name?

Aerion is a boys' name.

How popular is Aerion in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.

Half of all the boys named Aerion in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.

1995Busiest: 14 in 20132024
Aerion in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20245#12,341
20230–
20220–
20210–
20200–
20190–
20187#9,664
20170–
20168#8,811
201510#7,486
20147#9,636
201314#5,919
20129#8,152
201112#6,572
20106#10,759
20090–
20080–
20078#8,909
20066#10,655
20056#10,144
20045#11,348
20036#9,574
20020–
20010–
20006#9,104
19990–
19985#9,623
19970–
19960–
19957#6,985

Names like Aerion

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Aerion: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aerion, updated 20 October 2026.