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آرْمَان
Arman
ar-MAAN
“Aspiration, ideal, heart's wish.”
About Arman
Arman is a Muslim baby boy's name meaning "aspiration, ideal, heart's wish" — a Persian name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Persian: arman is a deep aspiration, an ideal one lives toward. A name of hope carried from Iran across Central and South Asia.
Popular in Iran, Pakistan, India, and Central Asia.
Origin & roots
Origin
Persian
Gender
Boy
Also spelled
Armaan, Armin
Root letters
Persian and Arabic share many roots through centuries of Islamic scholarship; Arman's consonants live comfortably in both.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Arman
- What does the name Arman mean?
- Arman (آرْمَان) means "Aspiration, ideal, heart's wish". Persian: arman is a deep aspiration, an ideal one lives toward. A name of hope carried from Iran across Central and South Asia.
- Is Arman a name from the Qur'an?
- Arman does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Persian name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Arman a boy or a girl name?
- Arman is traditionally a boy's name.
- Where does the name Arman come from?
- Arman is a Persian name, built on the root letters —. Popular in Iran, Pakistan, India, and Central Asia.
- How is Arman spelled?
- Arman is the most common English spelling. The same Arabic name (آرْمَان) is also written Armaan and Armin. They are one name, not different names — the spelling only reflects how each family or country transliterates the Arabic.
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