Ares Family History
Ares Name Meaning
Galician: habitational name from any of the places called Ares in the provinces of A Coruña and Lugo in Galicia (Spain) named either from the plural of ar ‘wind air’ (compare Buenos Aires Galician Bos Ares) or from the medieval personal name Arias (Aires) which is probably of ancient Germanic origin.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022