# Arshak (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/arshak/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Armenian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Armenian Արշակ (Aršak).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | 12,302 |

## People named Arshak

- Arshak II, 4th Century Armenian king
- Arshak Fetvadjian, Armenian artist (1866-1947)
- Arshak Petrosian, Armenian chess player
- Arshak Makichyan, Armenian climate activist and violinist (b. 1994)
- Arshak Poladian, Armenian diplomat
- Arsaces I of Parthia, first Parthian king (247–217 BC)
- Arshag Chobanian, Armenian writer (1872–1954)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.