Girl · Persian (Urdu usage) · Muslim
Gulafshan
گل افشاںSay it gul-af-SHAAN
- Meaning today
- One who scatters flowers, spreading flowers
- Original meaning
- "scattering roses; strewn with flowers" Steingass, p. 1093
- Say it
- gul-af-SHAAN
- Written
- گل افشاں
- Other spellings
- Gulafshaan, Gulfishan, Golafshan
Gulafshan
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Gulafshan meaning
Gulafshan (گل افشاں) is a Muslim girl's name of Persian origin (Urdu usage).
Scattering roses; strewn with flowers
Also used to mean: one who scatters flowers, spreading flowers
Gulafshan (گل افشاں) joins Persian gul, "rose, flower", with afshān, "scattering", from afshāndan, "to scatter". Steingass' dictionary defines gul-afshān as scattering roses or strewn with flowers, and notes that it was also the name of a kind of firework; Platts gives the same sense in Urdu. Name lists give the meaning as "one who scatters flowers", which follows the dictionary. It belongs to the family of Persian flower names, such as Gulnar and Gulrukh, used by Urdu-speaking families.
Source: Steingass, A Comprehensive Persian–English Dictionary (1892), p. 1093 · entry gul-afshān (گل افشان) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Steingass, Persian–English Dictionary, gul-afshān, p. 1093 · Platts, Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi and English, gul-afshān, p. 911
Spellings
Gulafshan · Gulafshaan · Gulfishan · Golafshan