Roshad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- roh-SHAHD
- Origin
- Arabic
Roshad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “right guidance”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Roshad mean?
Arabic: respelling of Rashad, from Arabic rashad 'right guidance'
“right guidance”
Is Roshad a girl's or a boy's name?
Roshad is a boys' name.
How popular is Roshad in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1979, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Roshad in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Roshad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,896 |
Names like Roshad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ahmad Rashad Muhammad Raheem Fahad Asad Khalid Jawad Murad Amir Mahmoud Hamza
Names related to Roshad
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Roshad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/roshad, updated 20 October 2026.