Given name & surname

Ardan

Ardan is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Ardan 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 2012. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Ardan through the years

Babies since 1880
74
74 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2012
13 babies
2025
11
#7,232 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+100%
Rising fast
024682025Highest share 20126.4
Ardan in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2012–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,232 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 2012. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 139 as a first name in 2020; 104 as a surname in 2000.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Ardan’s family of names

Ardan has a related form in Arden.

Walk Ardan’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Ardan, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Kaidan

“a beloved companion”

20RareCooling

96% boys · 4% girls

Modern

Fawzan

11Very rare

>99% boys

Turkish · Modern

Candan

“a sincere man”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Charan

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Abrien

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Adain

“her mother's daughter; a mother's pride”

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% boys

Indian · Modern

Madan

“the god of love”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Ardan’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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