Araoz is a variation of the Spanish Basque name Araotz which means "cold valley" in ancient Basque. The valley and municipality of Araotz (Araoz) has existed for more than 800 years. Basque surname, with Other variations of Araotz are Araoz, Arauz, Arautz and Araos. and may also refer to:
Antero Flores Aráoz (1942–), Peruvian lawyer and politicianArturo Tabera Araoz (1903–1975), Roman Catholic cardinal from SpainBernabé Aráoz (1776–1824), Argentine politicianClaudio Fernández-Aráoz, Argentine business theorist and authorDaniel Aráoz (1979–), Argentine footballerDiego Aráoz (1771–1840), Argentine soldier and politicianDuberty Aráoz, Bolivian footballer active in the 1950sGregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid (1795–1857), Argentine military leaderMercedes Aráoz (1961–), Peruvian politicianPedro Miguel Aráoz (1759–1832), Argentine statesman and priest