Arman
Arman, from Middle Persian ๐ญ ๐ญซ๐ญฌ๐ญญ๐ญฉ (Armin)from Armenian language ิฑึีดีกีถ,from Russian language ะัะผะฐะฝ, from Old Persian ๐ ๐ผ๐ท๐ก๐ด is a masculine Persian given name meaning โwishโ and โhope.โ
Meaning & Origin of Arman
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Arman, from Middle Persian ๐ญ ๐ญซ๐ญฌ๐ญญ๐ญฉ (Armin)from Armenian language ิฑึีดีกีถ,from Russian language ะัะผะฐะฝ, from Old Persian ๐ ๐ผ๐ท๐ก๐ด is a masculine Persian given name meaning โwishโ and โhope.โ
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The Story of Arman
Arman first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1917, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2004, when 161 Armans were born โ ranking #1,016 that year. As of 2026, Arman ranks #1,293 for baby boys with 151 births, rising sharply (+27% over the past five years). In total, more than 5K Armans have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Notable people named Arman
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Arman (actor) (1921โ1980), Iranian-Armenian actor, film director, and producer
- Arman Adikyan (b. 1984), Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler
- Arman Alizad (b. 1971), Iranian-Finnish master tailor, fashion columnist, and TV personality
- Arman Arian (b. 1981), Iranian writer
- Arman Dunayev , Kazakhstani politician
- Arman Chilmanov (b. 1984), Kazakhstani taekwondo athlete
- Arman Geghamyan (b. 1981), Armenian Greco-Roman wrestler
- Arman Ghasemi (b. 1989), Iranian association football player
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About the name Arman
Arman is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1917 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Arman's peak popularity came in 2004 when it ranked #981. Use the chart and map above to compare Arman's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880โ2026) โ U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms โ Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary โ Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution โ Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names โ Datamuse .
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