Vardan
given name · Latin script
Meaning: in calendarul armean
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/vɑɹdən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Vardan is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Armenia than in any other country, where it is the 29th most common given name.
- AMArmenia≈1 in 162as Վարդան(inferred from the name graph)
- RURussia≈1 in 20Kas Вардан
- UAUkraine≈1 in 112Kas Вардан
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Vardan itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Armenia (inferred from the name graph)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 165 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 127K (inferred from the name graph)
≈19,000 named Վարդան, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Belgium, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Вардан in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, CN China, Vartan in US United States, GE Georgia, LB Lebanon and Վարդան in AM Armenia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
in calendarul armean. Vardeneqti s. (17 B III 34). Vara v. Varvara I 7. Varharoae v. Vary ara II 5.
Sources 1
- Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Vardan counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AM Armenia | #29 | ≈19,000 est. | ≈1 in 162 | 133 | Վարդան | 93 |
| RU Russia | #386 | ≈7,200 est. | ≈1 in 20K | #850 | Вардан | 130 |
| CN China | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | — | Вардан | 1 |
| US United States | — | 958as Vartan | 1 in 347K | 955 | Vartan | 165 |
| UA Ukraine | #730 | ≈390 est. | ≈1 in 112K | listed | Вардан | 22 |
| GE Georgia | #567 | 322as ვარდან | 1 in 12K | 322 | Vartan | 12 |
| PL Poland | — | 175 | 1 in 219K | 175 | Vardan | 9 |
| LB Lebanon | — | ≈94 est. | ≈1 in 58K | — | Vartan | 6 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈93 est. | ≈1 in 127K | 3 | Vardan | 10 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 32as Vartan | 1 in 106K | 32 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia — Most Frequent Newborn Given Names by Sex, Armenian script, 2008-2020 + 2023; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Vardan Mamikonianb. 388AMArmenian military leader and saint
- Vardan Areveltsib. 1198AZArmenian scholar
- Vardan Ajemianb. 1905AMtheatral director and actor (1905–1977)
- Vardan Stepanyanb. 1966AMArmenian soldier
- Vardan Ghazaryanb. 1969AMAssociation football player and manager
- Vardan Minasyanb. 1974AMArmenian footballer (born 1974)
- Vardan Astsatryanb. 1974AMArmenian collector, founder of the Shushi Carpet Museum
- Vardan Amolikyanb. 1983actor
- Vardan Pahlevanyanb. 1988AMArmenian long jumper
- Vardan AigektsiSYauthor, priest and monk
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 37 sources across 20 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 715 | #15,903 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 175 | #1,412 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 164 | #1,391 |
| AM Armenia | Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia — Most Popular Newborn Names | 2025 | 112 | #36 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2018 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2011 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2015 | 5 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Vardan?
- In the etymology graph, Vartan is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Vardan?
- A machine transcription gives /vɑɹdən/ (IPA) for Armenian.
- Is Vardan a male or female name?
- Vardan is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Vardan mean?
- Recorded meaning: in calendarul armean.
- In which country does Vardan have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 19 thousand people named Վարդան in Armenia, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Vardan?
- In Poland, the national register counted 175 people named Vardan in 2026, about 1 in 219 thousand residents.
- How common is Vardan compared with other names?
- In Armenia, Vardan is the 29th most common given name of 7,577 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Vardan?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/vardanThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Vardan” — the 29th most common given name in Armenia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.