Aries

Aries gallops in under the first stars of spring. The Latin name for the Ram, it is the opening constellation of the zodiac and the mythological vessel of the Golden Fleece sought by Jason and the Argonauts. Mars, the Roman god of war, claimed Aries as his sacred sign. As a first name it is a twenty-first-century arrival, riding the astrology renaissance and the taste for celestial names like Orion and Nova. Ranked 700 and unisex, Aries carries the confidence of fire signs and the grain of Greek epic. Two syllables, one sharp initial, and a constellation written into the name from the start.