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Virgen
How to Pronounce Virgen
Pronounced VEER-hen /ˈbir.xen/Medium
Meaning: Virgen is the Spanish word for 'Virgin,' given as a devotional name in honor of the Virgin Mary, from the Latin virgo, 'maiden, virgin.' It belongs to the Spanish and Latin American tradition of Marian names such as Concepcion and Milagros, carried reverently within Catholic families.Medium
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Virgen is a Spanish Marian devotional name from the Latin virgo, 'virgin.' In United States records it stays thin from the early 1950s onward, carried mainly by Spanish-speaking families and given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its high around 1974.
A girl named Virgen then would be in her early fifties now. Within Latin American Catholic tradition such Marian names remain meaningful, though in wider United States naming Virgen has always been rare and has not spread beyond that heritage.
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What does the name Virgen mean?
It is a Spanish devotional name meaning 'Virgin,' honoring the Virgin Mary, from Latin virgo.
How do you pronounce Virgen?
It's said VEER-hen /ˈbir.xen/, two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Virgen a boy or girl name?
Virgen is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Virgen?
It has always been rare in United States records, carried mainly by Spanish-speaking families, only a couple dozen girls a year.