boy name · Source-indexed record
Arshama
عرسهم
Arshamam is a Persian name for boys. It is the name of the grandfather of Darius the Great (third emperor of the Persian Achaemenid Empire), who is known as Arsames in English. A variant of this name is Arsham.
- Arabic spelling
- عرسهم
- Pronunciation
- ahr-SHAH-mahAuto-generated reading guide
- Origin
- PersianSource-stated
- Gender
- boy
- First letter
- A
- Source
- Muslim Names Dataset (CC0 1.0)
About Arshama
Arshama is listed in the CC0 Muslim Names Dataset as a male name. The source records its meaning as “Arshamam is a Persian name for boys. It is the name of the grandfather of Darius the Great (third emperor of the Persian Achaemenid Empire), who is known as Arsames in English. A variant of this name is Arsham.”. Its origin label is stated directly in the source text. Its reader-friendly phonetic spelling is generated deterministically from the published transliteration and should be reviewed for names with complex or region-specific pronunciation.
Meaning and Arabic spelling are sourced from the Muslim Names Dataset or, where provided, the record-specific provenance URL. Origin labels are source-stated where available or transparently inferred from the published script or etymological signal. Phonetic respellings are generated reading guides, not native-speaker recordings. See Sources & methodology for data limitations.