Artan

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language 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◐

Artan is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Albanian given name22K records spelled Artan3 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Årtån, Ârtåñ

• English given name4.6K records spelled Artan6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, Austria, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Ẳŗtẳn

• Spanish given name897 records spelled Artan7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Spain, Italy

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Artán, Ârtãñ, Artãn, Ärtan

• Macedonian given name635 records spelled Artan9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in North Macedonia, Kosovo, Croatia, United States

  Languages: Macedonian, Croatian, Bulgarian

  Also written Артан

• Greek given name285 records spelled Artan3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece

  Also written Αρταν, Αρτάν

37 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●

Artan 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 Esperanto, accusative singular of arta

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

• In Turkish, 1. Yarar, fayda. 2. Üstünlük, meziyet, nitelik.

  as a word·TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

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●

XK ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) — 58 years between 1967–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Artan Minarollib. 1958ALAlbanian film director (1958-2015)
• Artan Banob. 1966ALAlbanian footballer
• Artan Mërgjyshib. 1968ALAlbanian association football manager and association football player
• Artan Grubib. 1977MKpolitician from North Macedonia
• Artan Sakajb. 1980ALAlbanian footballer
• Artan Karapicib. 1980ALAlbanian footballer
• Artan Latifib. 1983XKassociation football player
• Artan Thorjab. 1993ALAlbanian footballer
• Artan Memedovb. 2004NONorth Macedonian footballer
• Artan GaçiALAlbanian politician

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 · 180 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Artan?

We estimate roughly 5.3 thousand people bear Artan (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Artan have the most bearers?

We estimate about 4.3 thousand people bear Artan in Albania, more than in any other country in our records.

Where is Artan most common?

Artan is densest in Albania, where the national register counts about 1 in 710 people carrying it.

Is Artan a male or female name?

Artan 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.

What does the name Artan mean?

Recorded meaning: a male given name from Illyrian