Arjan
given name · Latin script
Meaning: 1. Arjanu, Bann! (Puc)
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɑrjɑn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Arjan is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.
- NLNetherlands1 in 1.4K(measured from records)
- DEGermany≈1 in 110K
- USUnited States1 in 349K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- Sources
- 159 (measured from records)
- 1 in 808 (inferred from the name graph)
12,308 people
Highest-authority source
Albania
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
1. Arjanu, Bann! (Puc). 2. Arjona f. (Ard), 3. Cf. ung. Arsani capitan al lui Tokoly (Hurm XIII 12). 4. Arsanu, fam., olt. (Sd XXII).
Sources 1
- Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc
Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Arjan 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | #117 | 12,308 | 1 in 1.4K | 12K | Arjan | 159 |
| AL Albania | — | 3,806 | 1 in 808 | 3.8K | — | 1 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 54K | 13 | Arjan | 8 |
| US United States | — | 952 | 1 in 349K | 940 | Arjan | 156 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈730 est. | ≈1 in 110K | 1 | Arjan | 79 |
| XK Kosovo | — | ≈370 est. | ≈1 in 5.2K | 995 | Arjan | 3 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 39K | — | Arjan | 15 |
| SI Slovenia | — | 45 | 1 in 47K | 47 | — | 1 |
12,308 people counted by Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). 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: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); the de-duesseldorf-vornamen register; ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); SURS — resident population given names; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Arjan is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, ) Arjen: männl. Vom., friesische und niederländische Form von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
In got, romanization of 𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In gmw-pro, to plough, plow
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Guru Arjanb. 1563INThe fifth Guru of Sikhism (1563-1606)
- Arjan Singhb. 1919INMarshal of the Indian Air Force
- Arjan Ederveenb. 1956NLDutch actor (born 1956)
- Arjan de Zeeuwb. 1970NLDutch footballer
- Arjan Bellajb. 1971ALAlbanian footballer (born 1971)
- Arjan Beqajb. 1975XKAlbanian footballer
- Arjan Bajwab. 1977INIndian actor
- Arjan Stroetingab. 1981NLDutch speed skater and racing cyclist
- Arjan Swinkelsb. 1984NLDutch footballer
- Arjan Malićb. 2005SIBosnian association football player
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 45 sources across 23 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 12K | #189 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 9.7K | #412 |
| AL Albania | INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts) | — | 3.8K | #55 |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | — | 995 | #714 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 940 | #12,874 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 118 | — |
| SI Slovenia | stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank) | — | 47 | #2,243 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2024 | 47 | #1,120 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2025 | 45 | #1,153 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2023 | 45 | #1,123 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2022 | 40 | #1,175 |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 2002 | 36 | — |
Reference works 5
- 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)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- How do you pronounce Arjan?
- A machine transcription gives /ɑrjɑn/ (IPA) for Dutch.
- In which country does Arjan have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 12 thousand people named Arjan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled arjan.
- Where is Arjan most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Arjan is densest in Albania — about 1 in 808 people — even though Netherlands holds more of our records for it.
- What does the name Arjan mean?
- Recorded meaning: 1. Arjanu, Bann! (Puc).
- Is Arjan a male or female name?
- Arjan 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 are other forms of the name Arjan?
- In the etymology graph, Adrian, Adriano and Adrien are forms of the same name in other languages; Arie is a recorded short or pet form.
- How common is the name Arjan?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 12,308 people named Arjan, about 1 in 1.4 thousand residents.
- How common is Arjan compared with other names?
- In the Netherlands, Arjan is the 117th most common given name of 101,916 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/arjanThe 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, “Arjan” — the 117th most common given name in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.