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Surname Etymology and Meaning of ARIES

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Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

1. Scottish: habitational name from either of two places in Kirkcudbrightshire named Airies (earlier written Aries, Aryes).
2. French (Ariès): from the medieval personal name Yrieix, Latin Aredius, which was borne by a 6th-century saint, an abbot of Limoges.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)