Rustom as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Rustom

What is the meaning of the name Rustom ?

The baby name Rustom is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈrʌstəm/ (RUS-təm),/ruːsˈtəm/ (ROO-stum),/rosˈtæm/ (Ro-stam) — closer to Persian Rostam.

Rustom is Persian in Origin.

Rustom is a Persian masculine name, the Parsi/South Asian transliteration of Rostam (also Rustam), borne by the towering hero of Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh (c. 1000 CE). Through Persianate courts and epics, the name spread across Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, the Caucasus, and into the Indian subcontinent, where Zoroastrian Parsis favored the Rustom spelling. It occurs in historical records of Safavid and Georgian nobility (e.g., Rostom of Kartli) and in colonial-era Bombay among notable Parsi families.

Linguists usually connect Rostam/Rustom to Old Iranian elements meaning strong or valiant, so the name is commonly interpreted as the mighty one, though its exact etymology is debated. Variants include Rostam (Persian), Rustam (Arabic-influenced, Central Asian, and Russian usage), Rustem/Rüstem (Turkish), Rostom (Georgian and Armenian), and Roustam (French); Parsi families often bear the honorific-suffixed surname Rustomji. In diaspora usage, informal nicknames like Rusi or Rusty sometimes appear.