Given name & surname

Artan

Artan is a masculine given name from Illyrian. It is used in Albanian and Faroese.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Artan comes from Illyrian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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

Artan through the years

Babies since 1880
55
55 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2004
10 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Artan in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1990–2025, 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

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 462 as a first name in 2020; 228 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.

Artan’s family of names

Artan has a related form in ARTAR.

Walk Artan’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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

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Sibling ideas

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