# Suren (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/suren/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Surena |
| US babies named this | 186 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 186 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 12, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Ultimately from Parthian 𐭎𐭅𐭓𐭉𐭍 (swryn /⁠Sūrēn⁠/).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 11 | 7,510 |
| 2011 | 7 | 10,635 |
| 2012 | 6 | 12,082 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9,542 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10,568 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,648 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9,559 |
| 2017 | 6 | 12,043 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,599 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,631 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,643 |
| 2021 | 8 | 9,586 |
| 2023 | 10 | 8,183 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,899 |
| 2025 | 13 | 6,756 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Սուրեն
- French: Suréna
- Latin: Sūrēna

## People named Suren

- Suren Spandaryan, Armenian writer (1882–1916)
- Suren Shadunts, Armenian politician (1898–1938)
- Suren Arutyunyan, Armenian diplomat
- Suren Yeremyan, Armenian historian (1908–1992)
- Suren Khachatryan, Armenian politician
- Souren Papikyan, Armenian politician (born 1986)

## 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.