Boy · Persian (from Arabic) · Muslim
Alishan
عالیشانSay it AA-lee-shaan
- Meaning today
- Lofty, magnificent
- Original meaning
- "of high rank; magnificent, splendid, stately" Platts, p. 758
- Say it
- AA-lee-shaan
- Written
- عالیشان
- Other spellings
- Alishaan
Alishan
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Alishan meaning
Alishan (عالیشان) is a Muslim boy's name of Persian origin (from Arabic).
Of high rank; magnificent, splendid, stately
Also used to mean: lofty
Alishan (عالیشان) is the Urdu and Persian compound ʿālī-shān, made from the Arabic ʿālī, "high, lofty", and shān, "dignity, grandeur". Platts' Urdu dictionary defines it as of high rank, and as magnificent, splendid, stately or majestic, the sense it still has in everyday Urdu and Hindi, where an ʿālīshān building is a grand one. Name lists give Alishan as "lofty" or "magnificent". It is used as a boy's name by Muslim families in India and Pakistan.
Source: Platts, A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English (1884), p. 758 · entry ʿālī-shān (عالي شان) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Platts, Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi and English, ʿālī, ʿālī-shān, p. 758
Spellings
Alishan · Alishaan