Aran may refer to: Places Azerbaijan Villages and municipalities: Aran, Aghjabadi Aran, Lerik Aran, Shaki Aran, Tovuz Aran, Yevlakh Iran Aran, Alborz, a village in Alborz Province Aran, Nain, a village in Isfahan Province Aran, Kermanshah, a village in Kermanshah Province Aran, former name of the city of Rezvanshahr, Isfahan Aran, former name of Bileh Savar in Ardabil Province Russia Aran, Republic of Dagestan Elsewhere Aran Fawddwy, mountain in Wales, United Kingdom Aran Benllyn, subsidiary summit Aran (river), in France Aran Islands, a group of islands across the mouth of Galway Bay, Ireland Arranmore, also known as Aran Island, off the coast of County Donegal, Ireland Val d'Aran, a comarca of Catalonia consisting of the Aran Valley Aran Island (disambiguation), several islands People Aran Bell, American ballet dancer Aran Embleton (born 1981), English female international footballer Aran Fox (born 1988), English ice hockey goaltender Aran Hakutora (born 1984), Russian sumo wrestler Aran Jones, chief executive of Cymuned, a Welsh pressure group Aran Tharp (born 1977), New York filmmaker Aran Zalewski (born 1991), Australian field hockey player François-Amilcar Aran (1817–1861), French physician Fictional characters Samus Aran, the protagonist of Nintendo's Metroid video game series Aran Linvail, in the role-playing game Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn Aran Ryan, in the Nintendo-produced Punch-Out!! game series Other uses Aran or Haran, brother of Abraham in the Bible Aran sweater, a sweater manufactured in Ireland , a former vessel of the Swedish Navy Aran (film), a 2006 film in the Tamil language , ISO 15294 code for the Nastaliq (Persian and Urdu) script See also Aaron (disambiguation) Arran (disambiguation) Arun (disambiguation) Earl of Arran (Ireland) Enda of Aran (5th-6th century), Irish saint Aer Arann, former regional airline in Ireland