Arian may refer to:

Pertaining to Arius

  • A follower of Arius, a Christian presbyter in the 3rd and 4th century
  • Arianism, a nontrinitarian Christological doctrine.
  • Arian controversy, several controversies which divided the early Christian church
  • Arian fragment, Arian palimpsest

People

Groups of people

  • Arians or Areians, ancient people living in Ariana (origin of the modern name Iran)
  • Aryan, a term associated with the Proto-Indo-Iranians
  • Aryan race, a racial concept
  • An inhabitant of Aria (today's Herat, Afghanistan), used by the ancient and medieval Greeks (as Ἄρ(ε)ιοι/Ar(e)ioi) and Romans (as Arii)

Given name

  • Arian Asllani (born 1983), American rapper known as Action Bronson
  • Arian Bimo (born 1959), Albanian footballer
  • Arian Çuliqi, Albanian television director and screenwriter
  • Arian Foster (born 1986), American football player
  • Arian Hametaj (born 1957), Albanian footballer
  • Arián Iznaga, Cuban Paralympian sprinter
  • Arian Kabashi (born 1996), Kosovan footballer
  • Arian Kabashi (born 1997), Swedish footballer
  • Arlan Lerio (born 1976), Filipino boxer
  • Arian Leviste (born 1970), American electronic music artist, producer, and DJ
  • Arian Moayed (born 1980), Iranian-born American actor and theater producer
  • Arian Moreno (born 2003), Venezuelan footballer
  • Arian Nik (born 1994), British actor
  • Arian Smith (born 2001), American football player

Surname

Arian is a surname that originated in Ancient Persia

  • Arman Arian (born 1981), Iranian author, novelist and researcher
  • Asher Arian (1938–2010), American political scientist
  • Asma Arian, German-Qatari human rights activist
  • Laila Al-Arian (born 1980s), American broadcast journalist
  • Sami Al-Arian (born 1958), Palestinian-American civil rights activist
  • Praskovia Arian (1864–1949) Russian and Soviet writer and feminist
  • Bruce Arians (born 1952), American football coach and former player
  • Jake Arians (born 1978), American football player

Other

  • Arian (band), a pop band in Iran
  • Arian (newspaper), an Iranian newspaper since 1914
  • Arian, an outsider's name for a member of the Polish Brethren
  • Arian, a person born under the constellation Aries (astrology)

See also

  • Arian Kartli, ancient Georgian country
  • Al-Arian, an Arab village in northern Israel
  • Aaryan, a given name and surname
  • Ariane (disambiguation), the French spelling of Ariadne, a character in Greek mythology
  • Ariann Black, Canadian-American female magician
  • Ariano (disambiguation)
  • Arien (disambiguation)
  • Arius (disambiguation)
  • Ariyan A. Johnson
  • Arrian, Greek historian
  • Aryan (name)
  • Ghamar Ariyan