Azat

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Азат in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, KG Kyrgyzstan and 5 more.

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●

Attested across 16 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◐

Azat is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name1.8K records spelled Azat6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Russia, United States, Spain

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Åžat

• French given name1.2K records spelled Azat3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Türkiye, Russia, United States

  Also written Åžat

• Danish given name153 records spelled Azat8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, Russia, Turkmenistan

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian

  Also written Åžat, Aažat

28 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●

Azat is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Turkish, Kurtulmuş, serbest, özgür.

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

• In Russian, Azat, martyr. Died c341.

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

• In English, A member of the middle and lower Armenian nobility, in contrast to the naxarars who were the great lords; from the Late Middle Ages, member of the entire body of the Armenian nobility.

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

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●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 11 years between 2009–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Azat Manukyanb. 1878AMArmenian composer
• Azat Vshtunib. 1894TR(1894-1958)
• Azat Sherentsb. 1913AMArmenian actor (1913–1993)
• Azat Haydeyanb. 1919AMArmenian pedagogue
• Azat Leyloyanb. 1926AMArmenian painter and teacher
• Azat Hambaryanb. 1926AMArmenian historian
• Azat Shaginyanb. 1928AMArmenian writer
• Azat Abdullinb. 1931RUSoviet writer (1931–2023)
• Azat Gasparyanb. 1943AMSoviet actor (1943-2013)
• Azat Arshakyanb. 1950AMArmenian 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 · 75 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Azat?

We estimate roughly 14 thousand people bear Azat (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Azat have the most bearers?

Azat is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled азат.

How common is Azat compared with other names?

In Russia, Azat is the 181st most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Azat a male or female name?

Azat 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 Azat mean?

Recorded meaning: free