All around the world, ארוס (Eros 
, Aros 
, Eross 
) is a common largely boy's, but seldom female first name. The first name ארוס is habitual in Italy, where it is quite a common boy's name, Reunion, and Albania, where it is quite a rare boy's name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Italy, Indonesia, and Brazil. Likewise, ארוס is the last name as well as the forename.
ארוס is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Eros , the Greek god of love and sex and Eros , the operatic character in the opera Antony and Cleopatra by Samuel Barber.