Pashto Origin Names

This is a list of names in which the origin is Pashto. Pashto is a language spoken in Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan.
gender
usage
origin
Gul m & f Urdu, Pashto
Means "flower, rose" in Urdu and Pashto, ultimately from Persian.
Juma m Arabic, Pashto, Swahili
Means "Friday" or "week" in Arabic.
Khan m Urdu, Pashto
From a title meaning "king, ruler". Its origin is probably Mongolian, though the word has been transmitted into many other languages.
Malalai f Pashto
Means "sad, grieved" in Pashto. This was the name of a Pashtun woman who encouraged the Afghan forces during the 1880 Battle of Maiwand against the British.
Sher m Urdu, Pashto
Means "lion" in Persian. A famous bearer of this name was Sher Shah, a 16th-century Mughal ruler.