Arjun (name)

Arjun
Gender	Male
Origin
Meaning	"white", "clear" ; "silver"
Region of origin	India

Arjun (Sanskrit: [ɐrˈdʑʊnɐ]) is an Indian male given name, which means lustrous, shiny white (as that of silver), color of the lightning; of the milk; of silver; made of silver. It is also the name of the Arjun tree due to its silvery bark; Name of lndra, and of the third of the Pandava prince (who was a son of Indra and Kunti)^[1]

Notable persons with the name

Legendary

Arjuna, a character of the Mahabharata
Kartavirya Arjuna, a character of the Mahabharata and Ramayana
Guru Arjun, the 5th Sikh Guru of the Sikh faith

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), Indian actor, born as Firoz Khan, who played the role of Arjuna in B. R. Chopra's TV series Mahabharat
Arjun Bijlani, Indian television actor and model
Arjun Kapoor, Indian movie actor
Arjun Punj, Indian television actor
Arjun Rampal, Indian fashion model and movie actor
Arjun Sarja, Indian movie actor
Allu Arjun, Indian actor of Telugu films
Raj Arjun, Indian movie/television actor
Sara Arjun, Indian child actress

Sports

Arjun Atwal, professional golfer
Arjun Erigaisi, Indian chess grandmaster
Arjun Nair, Australian cricketer
Arjun Naidu, former Indian First Class cricketer
Arjuna Ranatunga, former Sri Lankan cricketer, now a politician
Arjun Yadav, former Indian First Class cricketer

Others

Arjun (singer) (Arjun Coomaraswamy), British-Sri Lankan singer-songwriter and producer
Arjun Appadurai, Indian-American social theorist
Arjun Janya, Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer
Arjun Munda, chief minister of the Indian state of Jharkhand
Arjun Kanungo, Indian singer

References

1 2 3 Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press. OCLC 685239912.

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[MWSD-1] 1 2 3 Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press. OCLC 685239912.

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