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Arunabh
अरुणाभSay it uh-roo-NAABH
- Meaning today
- Glow of dawn, rising sun
- Original meaning
- "having a reddish glow like the dawn (aruṇa + ābhā)" Monier-Williams, p. 88
- Say it
- uh-roo-NAABH
- Written
- अरुणाभ
- Other spellings
- Arunava, Arunaabh
- First sound
- अ · Mesh rashi
Arunabh
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Arunabh meaning
Arunabh (अरुणाभ) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin. By its first sound, अ, it is a Mesh rashi name (Krittika nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
Having a reddish glow like the dawn (aruṇa + ābhā)
Also used to mean: glow of dawn, rising sun
Arunabh (अरुणाभ) joins two Sanskrit words. Aruṇa is reddish or tawny, the colour of morning, and Monier-Williams also gives it as the dawn, personified as the charioteer of the sun, and as the sun itself. Ābhā means splendour, light and colour, and at the end of a compound it means "looking like". Together the name describes something with the red glow of dawn. Baby-name lists give it as "glow of dawn" or "rising sun". In Bengal it is spelt Arunava. Arunabh Kumar, founder of the online studio The Viral Fever, is a well-known bearer.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 88 · entry aruṇa · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, aruṇa, p. 88 · Monier-Williams, ā-bhā, p. 145 · Wikipedia, Arunabh Kumar
Famous namesakes
- Arunabh Kumar, founder of The Viral Fever (TVF)
Fits your syllable
First sound अ
Krittika nakshatra, pada 1 · Mesh rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Arunabh · Arunava · Arunaabh