Given name
Vahan
“one who shields others”
Vahan is used as a given name. One Armenian interpretation is “one who shields others.”
Original ArmenianՎահան
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Armenian interpretation is “one who shields others.”
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 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vahan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 211
- 211 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- 0%
- Steady
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 12 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 753 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.
Vahan’s family of names
Vahan has a related form in Vahane. Vahan has a related form in Vahann. In Old Armenian usage, Vahan is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Վահան.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Vahan
- Vahan Bichakhchyanassociation football playerborn 1999
- Vahan TerianArmenian poet (1885–1920)
- Vahan TekeyanArmenian poet (1878–1945)
- Vahan II MamikonianArmenian rebel440–505
- Vahan GevorgyanPolish footballerborn 1981
- Vahan HovhannisyanVice-President of the National Assembly of Armenia (1956-2014)
- Vahan MalezianArmenian writer and poet (1871–1966)
- Vahan PapazianArmenian politician1876–1973
- Vahan ArtsruniArmenian musicianborn 1965
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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