Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Arben isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arben through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 275
- 275 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,058 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Arben’s family of names
Arben has a related form in ARBIAN. Arben has a related form in ARBIAN. Arben has a related form in Arbën.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Arben
- Arben BajraktarajAlbanian actorborn 1973
- Arben MingaAlbanian footballer (1959-2007)
- Arben ImamiAlbanian politicianborn 1958
- Arbën XhaferiAlbanian politician in Macedonia (1948-2012)
- Arben AhmetajAlbanian politicianborn 1969
- Arben ArbëriAlbanian footballerborn 1964
- Arben KingjiAlbanian military officerborn 1970
- Arben KucanaAlbanian sport shooterborn 1967
- Arben MalajAlbanian politicianborn 1961
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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