Given name
Arjen
“man from Hadria”·“a man from Hadria”
Arjen is a variant of Adrian. Interpretations include “man from Hadria” (Latin) and “a man from Hadria” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Arjen is a variant of Adrian. Interpretations include “man from Hadria” (Latin) and “a man from Hadria” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Arjen is a variant of Adrian. A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arjen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 398
- 398 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 42 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #8,975 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,975 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 37.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 42 in 2015.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Ariequivalent
- Adrienequivalent
- Arieequivalent
- Arjanequivalent
- Arienequivalent
- Adrianusequivalent
- Areequivalent
- Arsiequivalent
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People named Arjen
- Arjen RobbenDutch association football player (born 1984)
- Arjen LucassenDutch musician (born 1960)
- Arjen Teeuwissenequestrian (1971–2024)
- Arjen van der KieftDutch speed skaterborn 1985
- Arjen LubachDutch comedian and television presenterborn 1979
- Arjen van der HeideDutch footballerborn 2001
- Arjen LenstraDutch mathematicianborn 1956
- Arjen LivynsBelgian cyclistborn 1994
- Arjen GerritsenDutch politicianborn 1970
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.