Shant
Meaning
lightning (Armenian shant); a favorite across Western and Eastern Armenian families
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Shant has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
When you meet Shant
Most people given the name Shant in the United States were born between 1980 and 2009. The Shant you meet today is most often in his 20s or 30s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Shant deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Shant truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Shant fits with your family’s names and surname.
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