Aris or ARIS may refer to:

People

Given name

Aris Brimanis Āris Aldis Brīmanis (born March 14, 1972) is a Latvian-American former professional ice hockey defenseman from Shaker Heights, Ohio who played seven seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career At junior level, Brimanis played f ...

, ice hockey player * Aris Christofellis, Greek male soprano * Aris Gavelas, Greek sprinter * Aris Howard, Former President of the Jamaican Athletics Administration Association *

Aris Konstantinidis Aris Konstantinidis (; 4 March 1913 – 18 September 1993) was a Greek modernist architect. Aris Konstantinidis was born in Athens and studied architecture at the Technical University of Munich from 1931 to 1936, where he came into contact wi ...

, Greek architect * Aris Maliagros, Greek actor * Aris Poulianos (born 1924), Greek anthropologist and archaeologist * Aris Spiliotopoulos (born 1966), Greek politician * Aris Tatarounis (born 1989), Greek basketball player * Aris Velouchiotis (1905–1945), Greek guerrilla fighter in the 1940s * Aris Xevghenis (born 1981), Greek footballer

Fictional characters

Aris Kristatos The following is a list of primary antagonists in the ''James Bond'' novels and film series. Novel villains by author Ian Fleming Kingsley Amis (writing as Robert Markham) Christopher Wood John Gardner Raymond Benson ...

, in the James Bond film ''For Your Eyes Only''

Places

* A settlement in the Windhoek Rural constituency of Namibia *

Arış Arış is a village in the Fuzuli District of Azerbaijan. History The village was captured by Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh war and all of its original Azerbaijani inhabitants were driven out. It was administrated as part of ...

, Azerbaijan * Aris, Bern, a village in the municipality of Reichenbach im Kandertal in the Swiss canton of Bern * Aris, Messenia, a municipality in Greece, next to a river by the same name

Sports clubs

* A Greek sports club in Thessaloniki, Aris Thessaloniki: **

Aris F.C. (Thessaloniki) Aris FC ( el, ΠΑΕ Άρης), commonly known as Aris Thessaloniki FC, AFC or simply Aris, is a Greek professional football club based in the city of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. Created in 1914 as ''Aris Thessaloniki Football Club'', th ...

, a football club **

Aris B.C. Aris Basketball Club ( el, Άρης K.A.E., transliterated into English Aris B.S.A.) known in European competitions as Aris Thessaloniki, is the professional basketball team of the major Thessaloniki-based Greece, Greek multi-sport club Aris Th ...

, a basketball club ** Aris Volleyball Club, a volleyball club ** Aris Water Polo Club, a water polo club ** Aris Baseball Club, a baseball club ** Aris Thessaloniki Ice Hockey Club, an ice hockey club * Aris Limassol, a Cypriot football club in Limassol * FC Aris Bonnevoie was a football club, based in Luxembourg City * South Springvale SC, an Australian semi-professional soccer club, nicknamed Aris

Other uses

* A common nickname for several common Greek given names, such as Aristotle, Aristides,

Aristomenes Aristomenes ( grc-gre, Ἀριστομένης) was a king of Messenia, celebrated for his struggle with the Spartans in the Second Messenian War (685–668 BC), and his resistance to them on Mount Eira for 11 years. At length the mountain fell t ...

, etc. *

Ares Ares (; grc, Ἄρης, ''Árēs'' ) is the Greek god of war and courage. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, and the son of Zeus and Hera. The Greeks were ambivalent towards him. He embodies the physical valor necessary for success in war b ...

, god in Greek mythology; also a Greek given name * Architecture of Integrated Information Systems (ARIS), a method for analyzing processes * ARIS Express, a freeware software tool from IDS Scheer AG based on the Architecture of Integrated Information Systems concept *

Arris In architecture, an arris is the sharp edge formed by the intersection of two surfaces, such as the corner of a masonry unit; the edge of a timber in timber framing; the junction between two planes of plaster or any intersection of divergent a ...

, an architectural term for a sharp edge *

Anti-Racism Information Service The Anti-Racism Information Service (ARIS) is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation based in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1992 by Kati David. ARIS was accorded Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social ...