Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Ares

ARES

Gender: Masculine

Other Scripts: Αρης (Ancient Greek)

Pronounced: AR-eez (English), ER-eez (English) [key]

Perhaps from either Greek αρη (are) "bane, ruin" or αρσην (arsen) "male". Ares was the blood-thirsty god of war in Greek mythology, a son of Zeus and Hera.

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