Worldwide, Арей (Arij 
, Arej 
, Areus 
) is a common dominantly feminine, but uncommonly male forename. The forename Арей is characteristic of Tunisia, where it is quite a common principally feminine, but scarcely masculine name, Morocco, and Syria, where it is quite a rare primarily girly, but very infrequently masculine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Northern Africa, particularly Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria. Much less frequently, Арей is the last name as well as the forename.
Арей is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Areus son of Ampyx , the mythical character and Areus , the centaur.