Roshan
The name means "light, bright". Fewer than 150 people in Poland carry it and almost all are men, so meeting one would stick in your memory.
Roshan Pronunciation
What Roshan means
Where Roshan comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Roshan comes from Persian, where roušan means bright or luminous. The root reaches back to Middle Persian rōšn and to older Iranian words for light. In Iran and Afghanistan it stays close to that meaning, given mostly to boys. Its sense is plain: light, bright.
One documented bearer is Roshanara Begum, a Mughal princess born in 1617, daughter of Shah Jahan. Her name joins roshan with ara, so it reads as light-adorning. A garden she founded in Delhi still carries her name.
In Poland the name is rare.
It arrives with families from Iran, Afghanistan, or the Parsi towns of India. Among Polish classmates it stays uncommon. There is no name-day for Roshan in the Polish calendar. A parent at the urząd writes it as it sounds, and the meaning stays fixed: bright.
How many people are named Roshan
1 in 160498 men in Poland is named Roshan. 138 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2810 among male names.
Roshan as a middle name
Roshan is a first name for 138 men in Poland and a middle name for another 16, a 90/10 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2343rd, between Reuben (16) and Ruslan (16).
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#2341 Raoul16
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#2342 Reuben16
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#2343 Roshan16
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#2344 Ruslan16
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#2345 Sabri16