Roham
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- roh-HAHM
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Roham is a boys' name of Persian origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Roham mean?
Persian
Roham is one of the Iranian heroes in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, a son of the warrior Gudarz.
Is Roham a girl's or a boy's name?
Roham is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Roham in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Roham, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd.
2025 had the most boys named Roham of any year since it first appeared, in 2014.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Roham in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
Names like Roham
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Arham, Raheem, Zayaan, Zayd, Ibrahim, Umar, Amir, Zayan, Rafi, Mustafa
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman
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, “Roham: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/roham, updated 20 October 2026.