Hovsep

given name · Latin script

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

Hovsep is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Armenia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 948K(measured from records)
  • AMArmenia≈1 in 1Kas Հովսեփ
  • LBLebanon≈1 in 99K

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 Hovsep 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)

≈2,900 named Հովսեփ, est.

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
98 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 99K (inferred from the name graph)

Lebanon, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

HovsepLatin(measured from records)
ՀովսեփArmenian(measured from records)
ჰოვსეპGeorgian(measured from records)

Locally spelled Հովսեփ 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

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

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Hovsep 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 Hovsep is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AM Armenia#189≈2,900 est.≈1 in 1K—Հովսեփ40
US United States—3511 in 948K351Hovsep98
SY Syria—≈120 est.≈1 in 159K—Hovsep3
DZ Algeria—≈73 est.≈1 in 591K—Hovsep1
CA Canada—≈57 est.≈1 in 666K—Hovsep21
LB Lebanon—≈55 est.≈1 in 99K—Hovsep3
GE Georgia—12as ჰოვსეპ1 in 333K12Hovsep7
CY Cyprus—≈5 est.≈1 in 273K—Hovsep3

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; Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API). 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)

Hovsep is also recorded as 4 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, United States, Brazil, Argentina

    Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Hovsép

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Hovsēp, Hovsep̕

  • Russian given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, United States

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek

    Also written Овсеп, Ovsep, Овсэп

  • Bulgarian given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Bulgaria

    Also written Ховсеп

23 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)

18001850190019502000Hovsep Gateryan, b. 1820Hovsep Beyran, b. 1825Hovsep Aznavur, b. 1854Hovsep Arghutian, b. 1863Hovsep Pushman, b. 1877Hovsep Karalian, b. 1897Hovsep Tutunjyan, b. 1918Hovsep Yegoryan, b. 1933Hovsep Bezazian, b. 1961Hovsep Kirakosyan, b. 1988

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 22 sources across 12 countries.

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • 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

Is Hovsep a male or female name?
Hovsep 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 Hovsep?
In the etymology graph, Jose, Joseph and Yusuf are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Hovsep have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.9 thousand people named Հովսեփ in Armenia, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Hovsep?
In the United States, the national register counted 351 people named Hovsep in 2020, about 1 in 948 thousand residents.
How common is Hovsep compared with other names?
In Armenia, Hovsep is the 189th most common given name of 7,577 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, “Hovsep” — the 189th most common given name in Armenia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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