Ravshan
The name means "light, bright". In Poland it stays rare: just over a hundred men carry it, all of them male, and most Poles will never meet one.
Ravshan Pronunciation
What Ravshan means
Where Ravshan comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ravshan comes from Persian, from the word rowšan, which means bright or shining. The short meaning stays close to that root: light, jasny. Speakers of Tajik and Uzbek carry it today, and the sense of brightness sits inside it plainly.
The name travels well across Central Asia. Ravshan Irmatov, the Uzbek football referee, took charge of matches at three World Cups, and he whistled the opening game in South Africa in 2010. His name reached audiences far past the Persian-speaking world. Millions have heard it without knowing it means light.
In Poland the name is rare. It has no imieniny in the church calendar, and no Polish diminutive has worn it smooth. A teacher reading a class register might pause on it once. After that the spelling settles.
The meaning holds where the calendar does not. Ravshan means bright, and the Persian rowšan behind it says the same thing.
How many people are named Ravshan
1 in 188904 men in Poland is named Ravshan. 113 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3204 among male names.