76%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Greek Mythology Scripts Ἄρης(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. /á.rɛːs/(Classical Greek) /ˈɛɹ.iːz/(English) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Perhaps from either Greek ἀρή (are) meaning "bane, ruin" or ἄρσην (arsen) meaning "male". The name first appears as a-re in Mycenaean Greek writing. Ares was the bloodthirsty god of war in Greek mythology, a son of Zeus and Hera. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & CulturesAris(Greek) User SubmissionAres PopularityDetails Last ranked #68 in 2023 (m) #88 in 2020 (f) Catalonia, Spain Last ranked #925 in 2022 England and Wales Last ranked #474 in 2023 France Last ranked #247 in 2010 (m) #319 in 2010 (f) Spain (by decade) Last ranked #412 in 2023 United States People think this name isRate·Details classic mature formal upper class devious strong rough strange serious Categories children of Zeus, deities, Disney characters, Fire Emblem characters, Fortnite characters, gods, Granblue Fantasy characters, Greek mythology, isograms, male, Mars, Megami Tensei characters, men, mythology, Olympians, Percy Jackson characters, personifications, trendy, war, war deities, warriors