Given name & surname · also Turkish
Rustem
“river”·“force, power”
Rustem is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Middle Persian. It is used in Albanian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rustem is built from elements meaning “river” and “force, power”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Rustem comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Middle Persian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish رستم (rüstem), from Classical Persian رُسْتَم, from Middle Persian lwtsthm, built from Middle Persian lwd (“river”) + stʾhmb (“force, power”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Rustem’s family of names
Rustem may belong to the same name family as RRUSTEM. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rustem
- Rüstem PashaOttoman statesman (14..–1561)1500–1561
- Rustem UmerovUkrainian politician, Head of The Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraineborn 1982
- Rustem KhamitovRussian politicianborn 1954
- Rustem DautovGerman chess playerborn 1965
- Röstäm YaxinSoviet composer (1921–1993)
- Rustem KhuzinRussian footballerborn 1972
- Rustem SkibinUkrainian painterborn 1976
- Rustem BulatovRussian singerborn 1980
- Rüstem MarianiOttoman diplomat and statesman of Italian-Greek origin (1814–1895)1810–1885
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Rustem, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Akhtar
“star”
85% boys · 15% girls
Xhevahir
“jewel”
97% boys · 3% girls
રૂસ્તમ
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আখতার
“star”
—
Рюстемов
“river” · “force, power”
—
Тайфур
“bird”
>99% boys
Рүстем
“river” · “force, power”
>99% boys
जौहर
“substance, essence; jewel”
>99% boys