Ashwin
A boys’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning one of the Ashwins; divine horsemen in Hindu mythology.
Babies a year
10
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2269
10 babies
Ashwin by the numbers
In 2025, 10 babies in England and Wales were named Ashwin. In the US, 56 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 86 babies in 2001, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ashwin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ashtinash tree settlement; a modern respelling of Ashton42 in the US (2017)
- Ashlinash tree lake; a form of Ashlyn21 in the US (2017)
- Ashvinpossessing horses; a vedic deity name8 in the US (2017)
- Ashtonash tree settlement3,129 in the US (2017)
- Ashtynash tree settlement; a modern respelling of Ashton231 in the US (2017)
- Ashtenash tree settlement; a form of Ashton51 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Ashwin, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Ashwin
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