Roshan
Roshan means Bright, luminous, shining.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Sanskrit-Malayalam |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Starts with | R |
Traditional associations
In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule. Traditional rashi (by first letter, as commonly listed in this corpus) — not a personalized astrological reading, and not the same as the traditional first-syllable (akshara) method some families use.
- Rashi: Simha
- Nakshatra: Magha
- More names starting with R
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Bright, luminous, shining”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Tejas — Meanings families give: Brilliance, radiance; Radiance, brilliance and luminous energy; Sharp, bright, powerful; Brilliance, energy, sharp; Radiance, sharpness, brilliance; Brilliance, radiance, light
- Noori — Light, luminous, radiant
- Jyotsna — Meanings families give: Moonlight, the goddess of moonlight; Moonlight, bright night; Moonlight, glowing, luminous
- Chandra — Meanings families give: Moon, the luminous celestial body that governs night; Moon, luminous; Moon, shining, luminous; Moon, bright and luminous
- Chandrika — Meanings families give: Moonlight, moonbeam; Moonlight, moonlit, of the moon; Moonlight, luminous, bright
- Thejus — Radiance, brilliance, luminous energy
More boys' names of Sanskrit-Malayalam origin
Other names under Simha rashi
- Lavanya — beauty, loveliness
- Krishna — (with or without ) the dark half of the lunar month from full to new moon
- Surya — the wife of the god
- Lakshay — Target, aim, goal
- Harshil — Joyful, happy
- Misha — Sweet like nectar, joyful
Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Simha names.
Where this comes from
Roshan 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.