Roshad
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Roshad by the numbers
Roshad was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 15 babies in 1979, making it a 1970s name.
What we can tell you about Roshad
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 Roshad. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rashadwise counsel; rightly guided208 in the US (2017)
- Roshanshining or luminous12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rohanascending or rising165 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rashaadrightly guided; wise counsel; a form of Rashid45 in the US (2017)
- Rashidrightly guided; wise8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rashedguided on the right path22 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Roshad
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