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Arsam

Gender
Boy
Say it
ar-SAHM
Origin
Persian
UK rank, 2025
#3,747 for boys

Arsam is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “having a hero's strength”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).

What does Arsam mean?

Persian: from Old Persian Arshama

“having a hero's strength”

Arsames was the grandfather of the Persian king Darius the Great.

Is Arsam a girl's or a boy's name?

Arsam is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Arsam in the UK?

Rank in 2025
3,747th among boys
Babies in 2025
5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fast up 320% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Arsam, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 8 boys.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.

2019Busiest: 8 in 20222025
Arsam in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20255#3,747
20248#2,750
20238#2,691
20228#2,678
20213#4,989
20201#6,143
20194#4,126

Names like Arsam

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Arsam: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arsam, updated 20 October 2026.