Rehan
Rehan means Meanings families give: Sweet basil, fragrant; Fragrant herb, sweet basil.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Language | Hindi / Multi-regional / Urdu |
| Starts with | R |
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Sweet basil, fragrant; Fragrant herb, sweet basil”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Tulasi — Meanings families give: The holy basil plant, sacred herb; Holy basil plant, sacred; Sacred basil plant, divine herb; Sacred basil plant, holy plant of Vishnu
- Vrinda — Meanings families give: Goddess Radha, tulsi plant, holy basil; Holy basil, Goddess Radha; Holy basil, Tulsi, a form of Radha; Tulsi plant; Radha; group of girls; Tulsi plant, Radha; Tulsi plant, devoted, goddess Radha
- Rehana — Sweet basil, fragrance
- Thulasi — Holy basil plant, sacred to Vishnu
- Pavani — holy basil
- Brinda — Meanings families give: Holy basil, Vrindavan; Tulsi plant, devoted
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Where this comes from
Rehan has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.