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Around the globe, Är (Er , Är ) is a common epicene first name. The given name Är is characteristic of Albania, where it is quite a common gender-neutral name, Macao, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and United Arab Emirates, where it is quite a rare predominantly masculine, but very infrequently feminine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Indonesia, India, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Also, Är is the last name as well as the forename.
Är is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Er Conde del Guácharo ; Er , the biblical character; eldest son of Judah; husband of Tamar; killed by God due to his wickedness, although no details are given, Genesis 38; Er Yatou , the Dream of the Red Chamber character and Er Monnezza , character in Free Hand for a Tough Cop.