Afshin
Afshin is a common Persian given name derived from Avestan. Afshin was used by the Sogdians. Historically, it was the title of the rulers of Principality of Ushrusana in Transoxiana before the Muslim conquest of Persia.
Meaning & Origin of Afshin
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Afshin is a common Persian given name derived from Avestan. Afshin was used by the Sogdians. Historically, it was the title of the rulers of Principality of Ushrusana in Transoxiana before the Muslim conquest of Persia.
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Etymology
The Story of Afshin
Afshin first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1972, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1972: 8 births, good for #3,620 nationwide. About 65% of every Afshin on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Afshin last appeared in the published SSA data in 1994, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 52 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Notable people named Afshin
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Afshin Bey (born 1033), Seljuk general.
- Afshin Ellian (born 1966), Iranian-Dutch professor of law, philosopher, poet, and critic of political Islam
- Afshin Esmaeilzadeh (born 1992), Iranian footballer
- Afshin Feiz , Iranian-born British photographer and ex fashion designer
- Afshin Ghaffarian (born 1986), Iranian choreographer, director, dancer, and actor
- Afshin Ghotbi (born 1964), Iranian football coach
- Afshin Habibzadeh , Iranian workers' rights activist and reformist politician
- Afshin Hajipour (born 1975), Iranian footballer
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Names that sound like Afshin
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About the name Afshin
Afshin is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 52 births in the dataset. Afshin's peak popularity came in 1972 when it ranked #3,620. Use the chart and map above to compare Afshin's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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