Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Roshon isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
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
Roshon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 226
- 166 boys · 60 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 11 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 279 as a first name in 2020; 324 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.
Roshon’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Roshon
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Roshon, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Torrence
“from the little hills”
89% boys · 11% girls
Lanier
“one who works with wool”
57% boys · 43% girls
Robbie
“one who is bright with fame”
66% boys · 34% girls
Torrance
“from the little hills”
70% boys · 30% girls
Lyndon
“from the hill of lime trees” · “from the lime tree”
84% boys · 16% girls
Dion
“of the sacred spring” · “an honest man”
95% boys · 5% girls
Richie
“a powerful ruler”
96% boys · 4% girls
Reggie
“the king's advisor” · “queen”
87% boys · 13% girls