Given name
Arjuna
“the white one”
Arjuna is used as a given name. One Hindi interpretation is “the white one.”
Original Hindiअर्जुन
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “the white one.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hindi.
How it developed
In Indonesian usage, Arjuna developed from अर्जुन.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arjuna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 324
- 319 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,718 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +27%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,718 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 380 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Arjuna’s family of names
In Indonesian usage, Arjuna developed from अर्जुन. Arjuna has a related form in Arjun. Arjuna has a related form in Arjune.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Arjuna has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Hindi roots to each of them.
Hindiwhere Arjuna comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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