Given name
Arjan
Arjan is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Dutch and Albanian.
Original LatinAdrianus
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Dutch usage, Arjan developed from ADRIANUS.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arjan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,001
- 1,001 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 118 babies
- 2025
- 118
- #1,492 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +115%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 118 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,492 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 114.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (52). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 952 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.
Arjan’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Arjan developed from the Latin form ADRIANUS. In Urdu usage, Arjan is a Roman-alphabet rendering of ارجن.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Adrianusroot · Latin
- Adrianequivalent
- Ariequivalent
- Aryanequivalent
- Arianequivalent
- Adrienequivalent
- Arieequivalent
- Arjenequivalent
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People named Arjan
- Guru ArjanThe fifth Guru of Sikhism (1563-1606)
- Arjan MalićBosnian association football playerborn 2005
- Arjan SinghMarshal of the Indian Air Force1919–2017
- Arjan BeqajAlbanian footballerborn 1975
- Arjan BajwaIndian actorborn 1977
- Arjan StroetingaDutch speed skater and racing cyclistborn 1981
- Arjan de ZeeuwDutch footballerborn 1970
- Arjan SwinkelsDutch footballerborn 1984
- Arjan BellajAlbanian footballer (born 1971)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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