Aftab is a boy's name of Persian origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In England & Wales it was given to 4 boys in 2023.
Aftab belongs to the Persian tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Aftab first appears in Social Security records in 2002. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #8662 in 2003, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 20 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
More names from the Persian shelf:
The meaning of Aftab is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Persian origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Aftab is a boy name. In England & Wales, 4 babies received the name in 2023.
Aftab comes from the Persian tradition.
Aftab first appears in US records in 2002. Its best-ever ranking was #8662 in 2003, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
NamePetal