Artin
Artin is an ancient Kurdish masculine given name with roots in the Median period of the early first millennium BCE.
Meaning & Origin of Artin
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Artin is an ancient Kurdish masculine given name with roots in the Median period of the early first millennium BCE.
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The Story of Artin
Artin first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1982, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2015, when 33 Artins were born — ranking #3,365 that year. As of 2026, Artin ranks #5,617 for baby boys with 16 births, holding steady (+4%). In total, more than 534 Artins have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Artin
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- Artin Boşgezenyan (1861–1923), an Armenian deputy for Aleppo in the first (1908–1912), second (April–August 1912) and third (1914–1918) Ottoman Parliaments of the Constitutional Era
- Artin Dadyan Pasha (1830–1901), Armenian citizen of the Ottoman Empire and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1876 until 1901
- Artin Hindoğlu , 19th-century Ottoman etymologist, interpreter, professor, linguist, and writer of the first modern French-Turkish dictionary
- Artin Penik (1921–1982), Turkish-Armenian protester who committed suicide by self-immolation
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Names that sound like Artin
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About the name Artin
Artin is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 534 births in the dataset. Artin's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #3,365. Use the chart and map above to compare Artin'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 1880–2026) — 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 — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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