Given name & surname
Vartan
“one who gives roses”
Vartan is a variant of Varten. One Persian interpretation is “one who gives roses.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Vartan is a variant of Varten. One Persian interpretation is “one who gives roses.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Vartan is a variant of Varten. An origin associated with Varten is Persian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1927. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vartan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 180
- 180 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1988. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 958 as a first name in 2020; 212 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.
Vartan’s family of names
Vartan has a related form in Varten. In Romanian usage, Vartan was borrowed from the Armenian form Վարդան. In Greek usage, Vartan is a transliteration of Βαρτάν.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
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 Vartan
- Vartan OskanianArmenian politicianborn 1955
- Vartan MalakianAmerican choreographer and painterborn 1947
- Vardan MilitosyanSoviet weightlifter1950–2015
- Vartan GregorianAmerican academic administrator1934–2021
- Vartan Adjemiancomposerborn 1956
- Vartan MakhokhianArmenian painter (1869–1937)
- Vartan Waldir BoghossianBrazilian Armenian Catholic bishopborn 1940
- Vartan AchkarianArmenian Catholic bishop (1936-2012)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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