Arash

Arash belongs to Persian epic memory, the name of the legendary archer who, in the Shahnameh tradition, drew his bow and sent an arrow flying across the horizon to mark the border between Iran and Turan, dying in the act. That heroism clings to the syllables: a soft opening, a sharpened finish. In modern Iran and across the diaspora it remains a steady, much-loved choice, pronounced ah-RAHSH, with neither the weight of a royal title nor the frills of a nickname. It reads confident without theatrics, a two-beat name carrying a very long arrow.