Areg

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Areg is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name222 records spelled Areg3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Argentina, Mexico

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Ärëġ

• Russian given name62 records spelled Areg6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Finland, Ukraine, Kazakhstan

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Арег, Арэг, Arėg

31 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Areg is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, plural of erg

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In bdg, back

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 17 years between 1995–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Areg Lusinyanb. 1935GEArmenian composer
• Areg Elibekyanb. 1970CAArmenian painter
• Areg Petrossianb. 1981AMArmenian sculptor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 62 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Areg?

We estimate roughly 353 people bear Areg (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Areg have the most bearers?

Areg is most frequently recorded in Armenia, where it is most often spelled areg.

How common is Areg compared with other names?

In Armenia, Areg is the 27th most common given name of 3,604 given names recorded there.

Is Areg a male or female name?

Areg is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.