Aros
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AR-os
- Origin
- Old Norse
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Aros is a boys' name of Old Norse origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Aros mean?
Old Norse: possibly from a Norse place name
Aros, Old Norse for 'river mouth', is the old name of Aarhus in Denmark and a place on the Isle of Mull.
Is Aros a girl's or a boy's name?
Aros is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aros in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 67% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Aros, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 7 boys.
2025 had more boys named Aros than any year since 2018.
In 2025, 170 boys in the UK were given Aros or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #309, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Aros in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 2 | #6,181 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 2 | #6,253 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
Names like Aros
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arlo Albert Ezra Luca Rupert Alfred Amos Arthur Albie Atlas Cruz Hugo
Other spellings of Aros
Names related to Aros
More Old Norse names
Freya Ronnie Ralph Eric Astrid Colby Rafe Odin Ralphie Erik Freyja Erick Bo Ronald Bjorn Erica
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aros: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aros, updated 20 October 2026.