Ardan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.
Ardan by the numbers
Ardan was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Ardan
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ardan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Aidanlittle fire1,738 in the US (2017)
- Adanman; variant of Adam745 in the US (2017)
- Aryannoble; variant of Arjun151 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ardeneagle valley; a place name346 in the US (2017)
- Aydansmall fire; a variant of Aidan178 in the US (2017)
- Aedanlittle fire; a form of Aidan143 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Ardan
Names that are said the same way as Ardan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Ardan
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