- Meaning
- Lion
- Arabic
- روسلان
- Say it
- rus-LAAN
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Turkish
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
About the meaning
From the Turkic arslan, lion. Common among Muslims in Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia. The Arabic script is only a spelling of the sound.
Other spellings
Arslan, Aslan
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Questions about Ruslan
What does Ruslan mean?
Ruslan means: Lion. From the Turkic arslan, lion. Common among Muslims in Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia. The Arabic script is only a spelling of the sound.
Is Ruslan in the Quran?
No. But a name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good.
Is Ruslan a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Ruslan is a boy’s name.
How do you write Ruslan in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Ruslan is written روسلان.