Given name
Ardian
Ardian is a masculine given name from Illyrian. It is used in Albanian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ardian through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 166
- 166 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 10 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 507 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Ardian
- Ardian GashiKosovar footballer (born 1981)
- Ardian BujupiGerman singer of Albanian-Kosovan originborn 1991
- Ardian Klosiwriter, translator and activist (1957–2012)
- Ardian BehariAlbanian footballerborn 1973
- Ardian Syafcomic book artistborn 1980
- Ardian FullaniAlbanian banker (born 1955)
- Ardian ĐokajMontenegrin footballerborn 1979
- Ardian CuculiMacedonian footballer (born 1987)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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