Arjan

Meaning: Of Hadria, a town in northern Italy
Origin: Latin — Dutch form of Adrian

Meaning: Bright, white, silver
Origin: Sanskrit — Punjabi form of Arjun

Boy's name · #1492 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Arjan is climbing: on the charts since 1990, it reached #1492 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 120 boys given the name last year. Roughly 1,000 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#88 in Canada (2025) · #100 in New Zealand (2025) · #351 in England & Wales (2025) · #647 in Scotland (2025) · #688 in Italy (2024) · #991 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,012 in Austria (2025) · #1,040 in Netherlands (2025) · #2,144 in Sweden (2025) · #3,452 in France (2025) · #785 in Ireland (2024) · #4,003 in Ecuador (2017) and 1 more.

Famous Arjans

Arjan Singh — Marshal of the Indian Air Force (1919–2017)
Arjan Bajwa — Indian actor (born 1979)
Arjan Malić — Bosnian footballer (born 2005)
Arjan Dhillon — Singer (born 1995)
Arjan Bhullar — Canadian mixed martial artist and wrestler (born 1986)

What Arjans become

Among 181 notable people named Arjan:

Artists & writers appear 1.46× more often than among typical names — e.g. Arjan Hasid, Indian Sindhi language poet (1930–2019).

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