Varick

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Varick by the numbers

Varick was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 14 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Varick

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 Varick. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Varianvarying, changing; from Varius21 in the US (2017)
  • Varisinheritor or successor4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Varric5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Varick

Names that are said the same way as Varick, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Faroukone who discerns truth from falsehood14 in the US (2017)
  • Farooqthe one who distinguishes truth from falsehood7 in the US (2017)
  • Faruqone who distinguishes truth from falsehood5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Varick

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