Vahan

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Ვაჰან in GE Georgia.

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 2 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◐

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

• French given name1.9K records spelled Vahan5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Argentina

  Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Baanes

• Russian given name1.2K records spelled Vahan20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Poland

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish

  Also written Ваган, Ваан, Wagan, Vagan, Wågan

• Bulgarian given name71 records spelled Vahan9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Bulgaria, United States

  Also written Вахан, Vakhan

34 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●

Vahan 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 English, A transliteration of the Armenian male given name Վահան (Vahan).

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

• In Spanish, third-person plural present indicative of vahar

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

• In Finnish, genitive singular of vaha

  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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 32 years between 1917–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Vahan I Mamikonianb. 440Armenian rebel
• Vahan Malezyanb. 1871FRArmenian writer and poet (1871–1966)
• Vahan Papazianb. 1876LBArmenian politician
• Vahan Tekeyanb. 1878EGArmenian poet (1878–1945)
• Vahan Terianb. 1885GEArmenian poet (1885–1920)
• Raymond Vahan Damadianb. 1936USAmerican scientist and inventor (1936–2022)
• Vahan Hovhannisyanb. 1956AMVice-President of the National Assembly of Armenia (1956-2014)
• Vahan Artsrunib. 1965AMArmenian musician
• Vahan Gevorgyanb. 1981PLPolish footballer
• Vahan Bichakhchyanb. 1999AMassociation football player

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 · 87 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Vahan?

We estimate roughly 1.1 thousand people bear Vahan (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Vahan have the most bearers?

Vahan is most frequently recorded in Armenia, where it is most often spelled vahan.

How common is Vahan compared with other names?

In Armenia, Vahan is the 75th most common given name of 3,604 given names recorded there.

Is Vahan a male or female name?

Vahan 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 Vahan mean?

Recorded meaning: männl. Vom. armenischer Herkunft (»der Schild«).