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Around the globe, Argan (Argan , Арган ) is quite a rare predominantly male, but very infrequently girly forename. The given name Argan is habitual in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare masculine name, Morocco, where it is a rare gender-neutral name, and Iraq, where it is a rare male name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indonesia, and Morocco. Likewise, Argan is the last name as well as the forename.
Argan is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Argan , the theatrical character in the play "The Imaginary Invalid".