Rishan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in England and Wales.
Rishan by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Rishan. In the US, 23 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 American peak was 31 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Rishan
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 Rishan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rishaanone who flows or moves; variant of Rishi18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Roshanshining or luminous12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rihansweet basil10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rishavexcellence, superior quality6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rishabbull; the first sign of the zodiac14 in the US (2017)
- Rashan9 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Rishan
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