Given name & surname
Armani
“one who is desired; a goal”
Armani is used as a given name and a surname. One Persian interpretation is “one who is desired; a goal.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Persian interpretation is “one who is desired; a goal.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Persian.
How it developed
From Arabic الأرمني (“the <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">Armenian</i>”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1986. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Armani through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 27,443
- 15,410 boys · 12,033 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 1,552 babies
- 2025
- 1,143
- #495 for boys · #562 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +22%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 56% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 609 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 495 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 17.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 534 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (76). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 14,482 as a first name in 2020; 445 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Armani’s family of names
Armani has a related form in Armand. Armani has a related form in Arman. Armani has a related form in Armanie.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 17
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Armani
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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Legacy
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