boy name · Source-indexed record
Arvand
عرفند
Arvand is a Persian and Urdu name for boys that means clever, artful, agile, brave. It is also another name for the river Tigris. Arvand is the name of the father of King Sohrab, who is a king mentioned in the Shahnameh epic.
- Arabic spelling
- عرفند
- Pronunciation
- AHR-vahndAuto-generated reading guide
- Origin
- PersianSource-stated
- Gender
- boy
- First letter
- A
- Source
- Muslim Names Dataset (CC0 1.0)
About Arvand
Arvand is listed in the CC0 Muslim Names Dataset as a male name. The source records its meaning as “Arvand is a Persian and Urdu name for boys that means clever, artful, agile, brave. It is also another name for the river Tigris. Arvand is the name of the father of King Sohrab, who is a king mentioned in the Shahnameh epic.”. 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.