Meaning & origin
What it means
Tigran is a romanization of Տիգրան. Տիգրան possibly goes back to a word meaning “slender.”
Explained through its name family
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
Tigran through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 493
- 493 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 30 babies
- 2025
- 21
- #4,842 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +27%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 21 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,842 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 27.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,453 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tigran’s family of names
In English usage, Tigran has a related form in Dikran. In English usage, Tigran has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Τιγκράν. In English usage, Tigran has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Тигра́н.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Tigran has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Armenian roots to each of them.
Armenianwhere Tigran comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tigran
- Tigran PetrosianSoviet Armenian Grandmaster and World Chess Champion1929–1984
- Tigranes the Greatking of Armenia139 BC–54 BC
- Tigran SargsyanArmenian economist and politicianborn 1960
- Tigran KeosayanRussian film director, actor, and television presenter (1966–2025)
- Tigran MansurianArmenian composerborn 1939
- Tigran HamasyanArmenian musicianborn 1987
- Tigran Gevorg Martirosyanweightlifterborn 1988
- Tigran BarseghyanArmenian football playerborn 1993
- Tigran L. PetrosianArmenian chess playerborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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