MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Arjun mean?
Arjuna is the Pandava archer of the Mahabharata, alongside a Sanskrit adjective meaning white or clear. The Bhagavad Gita is framed as Krishna's instruction to Arjuna.
Pronunciation
IAST: arjuna
/əɾ.d͡ʒʊn/
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अर्जुन
Letter-by-letter: arjuna
Conventional spelling
About spelling and pronunciation
Pronunciation in the dictionary
अर्जुन: /əɾ.d͡ʒʊn/ Wiktionary ↗
Other spellings
- Arjuna
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Arjun in Indian usage
453,656 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (95.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 19,829 records (4.4%).
- Recorded as male: 433,827 records (95.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 1,322 |
| 1930s | 5,171 |
| 1940s | 17,088 |
| 1950s | 37,829 |
| 1960s | 61,525 |
| 1970s | 87,545 |
| 1980s | 108,105 |
| 1990s | 134,907 |
| Other decades | 164 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 113,849 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 111,255 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 54,267 |
| Jharkhand | 38,438 |
| Rajasthan | 38,397 |
| Odisha | 32,563 |
| Kerala | 10,776 |
| Karnataka | 10,582 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 10,264 |
| Uttarakhand | 10,084 |
| Haryana | 5,236 |
| Maharashtra | 4,247 |
| Delhi | 2,938 |
| Tripura | 2,912 |
| Assam | 2,107 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1,845 |
| Goa | 1,353 |
| Meghalaya | 583 |
| Sikkim | 509 |
| Chandigarh | 392 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 363 |
| Manipur | 188 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 133 |
| Nagaland | 116 |
| Other states | 259 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Arjun / M | 136 | 325 |
| Scotland | Arjun / M | 6 | 495 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Documented namesakes
Arjun Rampal
Indian film actor, producer, model and television host
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Arjun; Table_6, C331 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Arjun; Table_6, C331
- Scotland 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Arjun; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Boy ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Arjun; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Boy
- Wiktionary: अर्जुन ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
- Monier-Williams, arjuna, p. 90,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name: Arjuna ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.