Given name & surname
Zareh
“the protector; guardian”
Zareh is a variant of Zareb. One African interpretation is “the protector; guardian.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zareh is a variant of Zareb. One African interpretation is “the protector; guardian.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Zareh is a variant of Zareb. An origin associated with Zareb is African.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zareh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 22 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 6 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 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 325 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.
Zareh’s family of names
Zareh has a related form in Zara. Zareh has a related form in Zareb. In Armenian usage, Zareh is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Զարեհ.
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 Zareh
- ZahradTurkish poet of Armenian ancestry (1924–2007)
- Zareh VorpuniArmenian writer (1902-1980)
- Zareh SinanyanArmenian lawyer and politicianborn 1973
- Zareh BaronianArmenian abbot and theologian (1941-2017)
- Zareh KalfayanArmenian painter1887–1939
- Zareh MutafianArmenian painter (1907-1980)
- Zareh NubarArmenian politician1885–1940
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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