Arkan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 10 babies a year in England and Wales.
Arkan by the numbers
In 2025, 10 babies in England and Wales were named Arkan. In the US, 6 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Arkan
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 Arkan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Aryannoble; variant of Arjun151 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arjanbright, shining; a form of Arjun120 in England and Wales (2025)
- Armanwarrior or strong man50 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aransmall king32 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arlaneagle land; a form of Harland14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arranfrom the island of Arran23 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Arkan
Names that are said the same way as Arkan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Arkin19 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Arkan
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