Personal names
Main articles: Arya (name) and Aryan (name)
Old Persian names derived the stem arya - include Aryabignes ( arya-
bigna , 'Gift of the Aryans'), Ariarathes ( Arya-wratha- , 'having Aryan
joy'), Ariobarzanēs ( Ārya-bṛzāna - , 'exalting the
Aryans'), Ariaios (* arya-ai- , probably used as a hypocorism of the
precedent names), or Ariyāramna (whose meaning remains
unclear).[71] The English Alan and the French Alain (from Latin Alanus )
may have been introduced by Alan settlers to Western Europe during
the first millennium CE.[72]
The name Aryan (including derivatives such as Aaryan, Arya,
Ariyan or Aria ) is still used as a given name or surname in modern South
Asia and Iran. There has also been a rise in names associated
with Aryan in the West, which have been popularized due to pop
culture. According to the U.S. Social Security Administration in
2012, Arya was the fastest-rising girl's name in popularity in the U.S.,
jumping from 711th to 413th position.[73] The name entered the top
200 most commonly used names for baby girls born in England and
Wales in 2017.[74]
In Latin literature
The word Arianus was used to designate Ariana,[75] the area comprising
Afghanistan, Iran, North-western India and Pakistan.[76] In
1601, Philemon Holland used 'Arianes' in his translation of the Latin
Arianus to designate the inhabitants of Ariana. This was the first use of
the form Arian verbatim in the English language.[77][78][79]
Modern Persian nationalism
In the aftermath of the Islamic conquest in Iran, racialist rhetoric
became a literary idiom during the 7th century, i.e., when the Arabs