Roshan
given name · Latin script
Meaning: , 2 Muslim name, from Persian: ‘shining’, ‘splendid’
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ɹoʃən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Roshan is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nepal than in any other country.
- PKPakistan≈1 in 10K(inferred from the name graph)
- KZKazakhstan≈1 in 636as Раушан
- USUnited States1 in 16Kas Roxana
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Roshan itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nepal (inferred from the name graph)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 260 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 332 (inferred from the name graph)
≈91,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Nepal, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Раушан in KZ Kazakhstan.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
, 2 Muslim name, from Persian: ‘shining’, ‘splendid’. It is used in Urdu to mean ‘famous’.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Roshan counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NP Nepal | — | ≈91,000 est. | ≈1 in 332 | — | Roshan | 94 |
| LK Sri Lanka | #665 | ≈52,000 est. | ≈1 in 444 | — | Roshan | 49 |
| KZ Kazakhstan | #107 | ≈30,000 est. | ≈1 in 636 | 5.5K | Раушан | 45 |
| PK Pakistan | #302 | ≈22,000 est. | ≈1 in 10K | listed | Roshan | 44 |
| US United States | — | 20,917as Roxana | 1 in 16K | 21K | Roshan | 260 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 10,584as Roxana | 1 in 1.6K | 11K | — | — |
| CR Costa Rica | — | 6,750as Roxana | 1 in 755 | 6.8K | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Bureau of National Statistics — birth registrations; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INEC — civil registry names; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Roshan is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Splendid one who emanates light
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
ررتن luminous; bright;
as a nameMuslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman
Espléndida
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
In English, A kshatriya Punjabi surname.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Roshan Lal Anandb. 1924Padma Shree 1976 Sports Punjab
- Roshan Sethb. 1942INBritish-Indian actor
- Roshan Coolsb. 1975NLneuroscientist
- Roshan Ravindranb. 1981GBAesthetic physician
- Roshan Rajb. 1984INIndian cricketer
- Roshan SethiUSscreenwriter
- Roshan GunathilakeAUresearcher
- Roshan Das NairGBresearcher
- Roshan R. KulkarniINresearcher
- Roshan DsouzaIEresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 71 sources across 39 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3K | #4,849 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 703 | #4,849 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 30 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 5 | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2022 | 1 | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Roshan mean?
- Recorded meaning: , 2 Muslim name, from Persian: ‘shining’, ‘splendid’.
- Where does the name Roshan come from?
- , 2 Muslim name, from Persian: ‘shining’, ‘splendid’. It is used in Urdu to mean ‘famous’. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- Is Roshan a male or female name?
- Roshan is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Roshan have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 91 thousand people named Roshan in Nepal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled roshan.
- How do you pronounce Roshan?
- A machine transcription gives /ɹoʃən/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- What are other forms of the name Roshan?
- In the etymology graph, Rüşen and Röwşen are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Roshan?
- In the United States, the national register counted 20,917 people named Roxana in 2020, about 1 in 16 thousand residents.
- How common is Roshan compared with other names?
- In Kazakhstan, Roshan is the 107th most common given name of 274,628 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/roshanThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Roshan” — the 107th most common given name in Kazakhstan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.