Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Suren through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 186
- 186 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #6,756 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +5%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,756 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 809 as a first name in 2020; 187 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.
Suren’s family of names
In Armenian usage, Suren is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Սուրեն. In Armenian usage, Suren is a transliteration of Սուրեն.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Suren
- Suren NalbandyanOlympic wrestler (born 1956)
- Suren SpandaryanArmenian writer (1882–1916)
- Suren ShaduntsArmenian politician (1898–1938)
- Suren PapikyanArmenian politician (born 1986)
- Suren YeremianArmenian historian (1908–1992)
- Suren ArakelovRussian mathematicianborn 1947
- Suren ArutyunyanArmenian diplomat1939–2019
- Suren TovmasyanSoviet Armenian politician1910–1980
- Suren KhachatryanArmenian politicianborn 1956
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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