Arshad is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “the right path.” In 2024 it was given to 14 boys in the United States.
Arshad at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Muslim & Arabic
Meaning
“the right path”
About the name Arshad
Arshad belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “the right path” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Arshad first appears in Social Security records in 1977. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #4519 in 2002, and in 2024 14 babies received the name — 296 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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