Arsen

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Арсений in RU Russia, TR Türkiye, BY Belarus and 4 more, Арсен in KZ Kazakhstan, UA Ukraine, KG Kyrgyzstan and 3 more, Arseni in ES Spain, AR Argentina and Arşen in TM Turkmenistan.

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.

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology 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◐

Arsen is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name9.7K records spelled Arsen25 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, Russia, Netherlands

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Arcen, Arzen, Arşen, Arsèn, Arseñ

• French given name6.9K records spelled Arsen4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Russia

  Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Arsēn

• Albanian given name4.9K records spelled Arsen5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania, Italy, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Ârsén, Arsèn, Ãršen, Ársén

• a separate given name645 records spelled Arsen3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Russia, India, Ukraine

  Also written Arsēn, Arsén

• Norwegian Bokmål given name544 records spelled Arsen7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, United States, Russia

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Norwegian

  Also written Ärsén, Arsén

• Indonesian given name406 records spelled Arsen4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Russia, Kyrgyzstan

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Arşen, Arseñ

47 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●

Arsen is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Norwegian Bokmål, arsenic (chemical element, symbol As)

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

• In Icelandic, arsenic (chemical element)

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

• In Czech, arsenic (element)

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

• In Romanian, ARSÉN s. n. 1. Element chimic semimetalic, de culoare cenușie cu luciu argintiu, folosit în aliaje. ◊ Trioxid de arsen = pulbere cristalină de culoare albă, foarte toxică; șoricioaică. 2. Arsenic.

  as a word·DEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology

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) — 36 years between 1913–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Arsen Iqaltoelib. 1050GEGeorgian saint
• Prince Arsen of Yugoslaviab. 1859ROprince (1859-1938)
• Arsen Kotsoyevb. 1872RURussian writer (1872–1944)
• Arsen Kanokovb. 1957RURussian politician
• Arsen Fadzayevb. 1962RUOlympic wrestler
• Arsen Avakovb. 1964UAUkrainian politician
• Arsen Avakovb. 1971TJTajik football player
• Arsen Pavlovb. 1983RUrebel leader known by his nom de guerre Motorola, K.I.A., commander of the Sparta Battalion
• Arsen Julfalakyanb. 1987AMArmenian wrestler
• Arsen Galstyanb. 1989RURussian Judoka, Olympic champion

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 · 250 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Arsen?

We estimate roughly 46 thousand people bear Arsen (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Arsen have the most bearers?

Arsen is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled арсений.

How common is Arsen compared with other names?

In Russia, Arsen is the 109th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Arsen a male or female name?

Arsen 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.