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Arjun - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Arjun

[ syll. a-rju(n), ar-j-un ] The boy name Arjun is pronounced AARJHahN KEY. Arjun's origin is Sanskrit, and its use, Indian. Arjun's meaning is 'white light'.

Arjun is somewhat popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 2000s; before that, it was of only very light use. At the modest height of its usage in 2007, 0.014% of baby boys were named Arjun. It ranked at #729 then. In 2008, it ranked at #755 with a usage of 0.013%, and it was the most widely used within all boy names in its group.

Baby names that sound like Arjun include Arjen (Dutch), Arjaan (Albanian), Arjan (Dutch and Albanian), Arkin, Arsène (French), Orson (English and French), Arjuna (Sanskrit), Arsemio (Spanish), Arseni (Russian), Orsino (Italian), Arcenio (Spanish), Arsanio (Spanish), and Arsenio (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Arjun: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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Meaning of Arjun