Argyris

surname · Latin script

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

Argyris is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Cyprus than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • GRGreece≈1 in 38Kas Αργύρης(inferred from the name graph)
  • ISIceland1 in 175K
  • SESweden1 in 1.5M

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 Argyris 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.

Cyprus (measured from records)

441 named Αργυρης, 2011

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
66 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 175K (inferred from the name graph)

Iceland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ArgirisLatin(measured from records)
ΑργυρηGreek(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Argiris in US United States, FR France, Αργυρη in GR Greece and Argyri in CH Switzerland.

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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Argyris 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 Argyris is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CY Cyprus—441as Αργυρης1 in 2.9K441Argyris35
GR Greece#805≈280 est.≈1 in 38K14Αργυρη63
US United States—≈19 est.≈1 in 17M171Argiris66
CH Switzerland—≈11 est.≈1 in 765K7Argyri3
FR France—≈10 est.≈1 in 7M—Argiris2
CZ Czechia—8as Argiris1 in 1.3M8——
SE Sweden—71 in 1.5M7—2
IS Iceland—21 in 175K2——

441 people counted by CYSTAT — Name frequency (2011 Population Census), 2011, counting the spelling αργυρης. 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: Διαύγεια — directory of signing officials (organization → signers); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; CYSTAT — Name frequency (2011 Population Census); MVČR — living population register 2017; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). 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)

Argyris is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Argyri̲s

34 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)

191019201930John Argyris, b. 1913Yannis Argyris, b. 1918Chris Argyris, b. 1923

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 17 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Argyris
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000171#98,298
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020163#114,090
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010162#109,258
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20247#79,838
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—6#51,226
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname 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

In which country does Argyris have the most bearers?
In Cyprus, the national register counted about 441 people named Αργυρης, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Argyris most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Argyris is densest in Iceland — about 1 in 175 thousand people — even though Cyprus holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Argyris?
In Sweden, the national register counted 7 people named Argyris, about 1 in 1.5 million residents.
How common is Argyris compared with other names?
In Greece, Argyris is the 805th most common given name of 24,546 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, “Argyris” — the 805th most common given name in Greece. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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