Asparuh

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Asparuh

Say it: ahs-pah-ROOKH

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Meaning

Name of the 7th-century founder of the Bulgarian state; probably of Iranian or Turkic origin, with no agreed meaning.

Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.

Taken up again by Bulgarians in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

Used by

Bulgarian

The family of the name

Other spellings: Аспарух

Famous bearers

Asparuh, Khan of Bulgaria

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Where this comes from

Medieval Slavic chronicles and charters
Royal and noble genealogies

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