Arsene

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Origine grecque; signifie « viril »

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

/aʁzn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Arsene is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Congo - Kinshasa than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CMCameroon≈1 in 2.4K(inferred from the name graph)
  • RWRwanda≈1 in 2.7K
  • MGMadagascar≈1 in 4.5K

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.

Congo - Kinshasa (inferred from the name graph)

≈13,000 people, est.

Sources
219 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Cameroon, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Origine grecque; signifie « viril ».

Sources 1

  • Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Arsene 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 Arsene is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CD Congo - Kinshasa#259≈13,000 est.≈1 in 7.7KlistedArsene14
CM Cameroon#255≈11,000 est.≈1 in 2.4K—Arsene27
MG Madagascar#395≈6,000 est.≈1 in 4.5K—Arsene14
CI Côte d’Ivoire—≈5,700 est.≈1 in 4.9K—Arsene19
RW Rwanda#158≈4,600 est.≈1 in 2.7K—Arsene10
US United States—3351 in 993K321Arsene106

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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the wgnd-cd-names register. 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)

Arsene is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French (Côte d’Ivoire) given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Côte d’Ivoire

    Also written Arsène

  • French given name14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Congo - Kinshasa

    Languages: French, English, German

    Also written Arsène, Ãrsēnė, Ãrsënē, Arséne, Årsène

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Arsène

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Arséne, Arsené, Arsène

47 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)

18001850190019502000Arsène Lambert, b. 1834Arsène Darmesteter, b. 1846Jules-Arsène Garnier, b. 1847Arsène Alexandre, b. 1859Arsène Pujo, b. 1861Arsène Mersch, b. 1913Arsène Wenger, b. 1949Arsène Auguste, b. 1951Didier Domi, b. 1978Arsène Né, b. 1981

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)

InformalBonjour Arsene,Hi Arsene, (English)

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 44 sources across 31 countries.

Official registers attesting Arsene
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020321#27,350
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202014#27,350
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20258—
CD Congo - KinshasaWGND 2.0 — DR Congo given names———

Reference works 3

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 Arsene mean, and where does it come from?
Origine grecque; signifie « viril ». Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
Is Arsene a male or female name?
Arsene 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 Arsene have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 13 thousand people named Arsene in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled arsene.
How do you pronounce Arsene?
A machine transcription gives /aʁzn/ (IPA) for French.
How common is the name Arsene?
In the United States, the national register counted 335 people named Arsene in 2020, about 1 in 993 thousand residents.
How common is Arsene compared with other names?
In Congo - Kinshasa, Arsene is the 259th most common given name of 20,652 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, “Arsene” — the 259th most common given name in Congo - Kinshasa. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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