Given name & surname
Sarkis
“born to royalty”
Sarkis is used as a given name and a surname. One Armenian interpretation is “born to royalty.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Armenian interpretation is “born to royalty.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Armenian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sarkis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 962
- 962 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #6,738 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +15%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,738 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 15.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,228 as a first name in 2020; 1,344 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.
Sarkis’s family of names
Sarkis has a related form in Sarkiss. Sarkis has a related form in Sarkisse. Sarkis has a related form in Sarkys.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sarkis
- Sarkis ZabunyanTurkish-French artist (born 1938)
- Sarkis TorossianOttoman army captain (1891-1954)
- Sarkis KasyanArmenian politician1876–1937
- Sarkis Aghajan MamendoIraqi politicianborn 1962
- Sarkis HatspanianTurkish politician of Armenian ancestry (1962–2018)
- Sarkis ErganianTurkish painter of Armenian ancestry (1870–1950)
- Sarkis Assadourianpoliticianborn 1948
- Sargis BarseghyanArmenian activist1875–1915
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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