Arshiv
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.
Arshiv by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Arshiv. In the US, 7 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Arshiv
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Arshiv. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Akshiv5 in the US (2017)
- Archietruly bold; from Archibald2,465 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arshanlion-like, brave7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arshaswift warrior or noble4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Abshirfather of the good8 in the US (2017)
- Arshadrightly guided; wise and judicious4 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Arshiv
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