Given name & surname
Vardan
“from the green hill”
Vardan is a variant of Vardon. One French interpretation is “from the green hill.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Vardan is a variant of Vardon. One French interpretation is “from the green hill.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Vardan is a variant of Vardon. An origin associated with Vardon is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vardan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 81
- 81 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,861 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,861 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 717 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.
Vardan’s family of names
Vardan has a related form in Vardon. In English usage, Vardan has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Βαρντάν. In Old Armenian usage, Vardan is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Վարդան.
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Around the world
Vardan has relatives in 3 languages.
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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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Vardan
- Vardan MamikonianArmenian military leader and saint388–451
- Vardan AreveltsiArmenian scholar1198–1271
- Vardan Ajemiantheatral director and actor (1905–1977)
- Vardan MinasyanArmenian footballer (born 1974)
- Vardan GhazaryanAssociation football player and managerborn 1969
- Vardan of Aygekauthor, priest and monk
- Vardan PahlevanyanArmenian long jumperborn 1988
- Vardan Petrosyanactor, scriptwriter, parodistborn 1959
- Vardan Khachatryanfootballerborn 1968
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