Arshad

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Arshad is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name13K records spelled Arshad10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, India

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Arşhăd, Ârshâd, Àrshad, Arshäd, Ârshäd

• Norwegian Bokmål given name1.9K records spelled Arshad7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, United States, India

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Norwegian

  Also written Ãršhàd

• Polish given name676 records spelled Arshad2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, United Kingdom, Pakistan

  Also written Årshäd

43 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Arshad is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• upright; honest; obedient;

  as a name·Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman

• In Arabic, more rightly guided, more reasonable; comp. adj. of Rashid 1% ,, wise. See Rashid

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 92 years between 1893–2017. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Arshad Ayubb. 1928MYMalaysian academician and educator (1928–2022)
• Arshad Yasinb. 1949IQSaddam's bodyguard and relative
• Arshad Mahmood Nashadb. 1970PKresearcher
• Arshad Saulehb. 1971INIndian painter
• Arshad Nadeemb. 1997PKPakistani Olympic javelin thrower
• Arshad AliNZpolitical scientist in Pakistan

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 295 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Arshad?

We estimate roughly 1.7 thousand people bear Arshad (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Arshad have the most bearers?

Arshad is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled arshad.

How common is Arshad compared with other names?

In Pakistan, Arshad is the 37th most common given name of 75,254 given names recorded there.

Is Arshad a male or female name?

Arshad is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Arshad mean?

Recorded meaning: most rightly guided; most reasonable