Aarush
A boys’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning first ray of the sun.
Aarush by the numbers
In 2025, 24 babies in England and Wales were named Aarush. In the US, 166 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 227 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aarush. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Aarush
Names that are said the same way as Aarush, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean the sun
Like Aarush, each of these has the sun in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Cyrussun; royal name from ancient Persia729 in the US (2017)
- Apollogreek god of music, poetry, and sun525 in the US (2017)
- Eliansun; diminutive of Elias or form of Helios486 in the US (2017)
- Samsonhis name is sun; strong as the sun430 in the US (2017)
- Reyanshpart of the sun; ray of light382 in the US (2017)
- Sunnybright or cheerful like the sun69 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Aarush
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