Given name & surname
Arjun
Arjun is used as a given name and a surname. One Sanskrit interpretation is “white: the colour of dawn, lightning, milk, and silver.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Sanskrit interpretation is “white: the colour of dawn, lightning, milk, and silver.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Sanskrit.
How it developed
It comes from the Sanskrit word arjuna, meaning “meaning.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arjun through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12,176
- 12,176 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 650 babies
- 2025
- 615
- #490 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −9%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 615 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 490 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 9.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 650 in 2014. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (116). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 11,098 as a first name in 2020; 323 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Arjun’s family of names
Arjun has a related form in Arjuna. In Hindi usage, Arjun is a transliteration of अर्जुन. In English usage, Arjun was borrowed from the Hindi form अर्जुन.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Arjun
- Allu ArjunIndian actorborn 1982
- Arjun RampalIndian film actor, producer, model and television hostborn 1972
- Arjun KapoorIndian actorborn 1985
- Arjun Appaduraisocial-cultural anthropologist (born 1949)
- Arjun SarjaIndian actor, producer and director (born 1962)
- Arjun BijlaniIndian television actorborn 1982
- Arjun MainiIndian racing driverborn 1997
- Arjun MundaIndian politicianborn 1968
- Arjun MathurIndian actorborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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