Arjun (name)

Arjun
Gender	Male
Origin
Meaning	"white", "clear" [1]; "silver"[1]
Region of origin	South Asia

Arjun ([ɐrˈdʒʊn]) is an Indian male given name, based on Arjuna, a legendary hero who is a best archer in central character of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. Arjuna had four other brothers, who were Yudhishthira, Bhima, Nakula, Sahadeva, and Karna. Arjun was at one point the most popular Indian name in the US, earlier in the 21st century.

Notable persons with the name

Legendary

Arjuna, a hero of the Mahabharata
Kartavirya Arjuna, an Indian Emperor
Arjun Rampal, a Bollywood movie star in India.

Rulers

Arjuna Varman I, Paramara king of central India
Arjuna Varman II, Paramara king of central India
Arjuna, a Paratarajas ruler of Baluchistan area (c. 150–160 CE)

Actors

Arjun (Firoz Khan), actor, born as Firoz Khan, who played the role of Arjuna in B.R. Chopra's TV series Mahabharat
Arjun Bijlani, television actor and model
Arjun Kapoor, movie actor
Arjun Rampal, fashion model and movie actor
Arjun Sarja, actor from south India, who works predominantly in Tamil films.
Allu Arjun, Indian actor of Telugu films

Others

Arjun (singer), (real name Arjun Coomaraswamy), British-Sri Lankan singer-songwriter, and producer known by his mononym Arjun
Arjun Munda, chief minister of the Indian state of Jharkhand
Arjun Nair, Australian cricketer
Arjun Appadurai, a contemporary social theorist
Arjun Atwal, professional golfer
Arjun Janya Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer, mainly scoring music for Kannada films
Arjuna Ranatunga, former Sri Lankan cricketer, now a politician.

References

1 2 Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English dictionary : etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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[MWSD-1] 1 2 Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English dictionary : etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press.