Zohrab
The name carries the sense of "shining" or "illustrious". Only 27 men in Poland use it, and no boy has been given it this century.
Zohrab Pronunciation
Zohrab is pronounced ZOKH-rahp (/ˈzɔxrap/).
What Zohrab means
Where Zohrab comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Zohrab reached Armenian from Persian, where it began as Sohrab. Armenians write it Զոհրաբ. The short meaning given here is illustrious, shining, and the Persian roots support that reading: suhr, meaning red or crimson, joined to an element for brilliance, giving the sense of a bright, red-glowing face.
Its oldest fame comes from a book. In Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, the tenth-century Persian epic, Sohrab is the young warrior killed in battle by his own father, Rostam, who fails to recognise his son until it is too late. That tragedy fixed the name in memory across Persian and Armenian lands.
Among Armenians, Zohrab has served as both a given name and a surname for generations. In Poland the name is rare. Picture a teacher reading a class register, pausing once at the four blunt letters before a surname. Whatever the pause, the sense of the name stays plain: illustrious, shining.
How many people are named Zohrab
1 in 790600 men in Poland is named Zohrab. 27 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #8205 among male names.