Save Gender Masculine Usage Old Persian (Hellenized) Scripts Ἀρσής(Ancient Greek) Meaning & History Hellenized form of Old Persian *R̥šā, derived from *(w)ŕ̥šā meaning "man, hero" or "stallion, stud" (an element used in Xerxes). This was the name of an Achaemenid Persian ruler, also known by the regnal name Artaxerxes.