Arben

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Arben is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Kosovo than in any other country, where it is the 2nd most common given name. Recorded meaning: From arbën (“Albanian”).

rarermore common
  • ALAlbania1 in 351(measured from records)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 51K
  • XKKosovo≈1 in 172

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 Arben 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.

Kosovo (inferred from the name graph)

≈11,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
138 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 172 (inferred from the name graph)

Kosovo, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ArbenLatin(measured from records)
АрбенCyrillic(measured from records)

Locally spelled Арбен in MK North Macedonia.

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)

From arbën (“Albanian”).

Sources 2

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Arben 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.

Where Arben is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
XK Kosovo#2≈11,000 est.≈1 in 1728.2KArben13
AL Albania#18,7481 in 3518.7KArben72
IT Italy—≈2,900 est.≈1 in 21K2Arben36
MK North Macedonia#4451,969as Арбен1 in 1.1K2KАрбен26
DE Germany—≈1,600 est.≈1 in 51K1Arben79
CH Switzerland—≈770 est.≈1 in 11K—Arben31
SI Slovenia#2311641 in 13K164Arben13

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: INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search); the de-duesseldorf-vornamen register; State Statistical Office — living population names; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); SURS — resident population given names. 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Arben is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Philippines, United States, Belgium

    Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Ârbéñ, Arbën

  • Finnish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Finland

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Arbén

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Arbén

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Arben Davitian, b. 1895Arben Xhaferi, b. 1948Arben Imami, b. 1958Arben Minga, b. 1959Arben Malaj, b. 1961Arben Arbëri, b. 1964Arben Shehu, b. 1967Arben Ahmetaj, b. 1969Arben Bajraktaraj, b. 1973Arben Zharku, b. 1982

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 38 sources across 24 countries.

Official registers attesting Arben
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
AL AlbaniaINSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts)—8.7K#1
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)—8.2K#5
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1979556—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1977546—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1978538—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1980489—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1976472—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1981465—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1982411—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1975363—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1983360—
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1984355—

Reference works 4

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • 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 does the name Arben mean, and where does it come from?
From arbën (“Albanian”). Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary.
Is Arben a male or female name?
Arben 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.
In which country does Arben have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 11 thousand people named Arben in Kosovo, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled arben.
How common is the name Arben?
In Albania, the national register counted 8,748 people named Arben, about 1 in 351 residents.
How common is Arben compared with other names?
In Kosovo, Arben is the 2nd most common given name of 3,412 given names recorded there.

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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, “Arben” — the 2nd most common given name in Kosovo. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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