Arjun

Where Arjun comes from

Borrowed from Hindi अर्जुन (arjun).
— Wiktionary's entry for Arjun
  • Sanskrit
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1967
    First appearance
    #3,231 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1972
    Arjun Rampal born
    Indian film actor, producer, model and television host
  3. 1985
    Arjun Kapoor born
    Indian actor
  4. 2014
    Peak, #455
    650 babies named Arjun — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Namesakes
  • Arjun Rampal · Indian film actor, producer, model and television host, born 1972
  • Arjun Kapoor · Indian actor, born 1985
  • Arjun Appadurai · social-cultural anthropologist, born 1949
  • Arjun Sarja · Indian actor, producer and director, born 1962
  • Arjun Bijlani · Indian television actor, born 1982

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.