as a Last Name
- 923
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Ares
Meaning & Origins
Galician: probably a habitational name from places called Ares, in the provinces of A Coruña and Lugo in Galicia, either from the plural of ar ‘wind’, ‘air’ (compare Buenos Aires, Galician Bos Ares), or from the medieval personal name Arias (Aires), which is probably of Germanic origin.
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Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 923
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Massachusetts
- has the most people named Ares per capita
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