Aria can be a male, female, or even a unisex name depending on the country of origin.

In Albanian, Aria or Ari means "treasure" or "gold" or "of high value".

The Persian آریا (Arya) is a male name in Iran, and is also used in Hindi and Malayalam for both boys and girls.

The term Arya has been used by the Iranian people, as well as by the rulers and emperors of Iran, from the time of the Avesta.

Evidently from the time of the Sassanids (226–651 CE) Iranians have called it Iran, meaning the "Land of the Aryans" and Iranshahr.