Given name & surname
Duran
“an enduring man”·“one who stands firm”
Duran is a variant of Durand. Interpretations include “an enduring man” and “one who stands firm”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Duran is a variant of Durand. Interpretations include “an enduring man” and “one who stands firm”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Duran is a variant of Durand. Durand has been associated with Latin and French naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1925. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Duran through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,537
- 1,537 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 68 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,320 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,320 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 68 in 1984. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,396 as a first name in 2020; 88,415 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.
Duran’s family of names
Duran has a related form in Durand. Duran has a related form in Durin. In English usage, Duran as a surname was borrowed from the Spanish form Durán.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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