Behind the Name: Comments for the name Sohrab

Comments for SOHRAB:

Sohrab is the son of Hassan (the main character's Hazara friend) in Khaled Hosseini's "The Kite Runner". He was named after the mythological hero.

-- caoilainn 9/4/2008

There are plentiful sources that state that Sohrab (also Suhrab, Sukhrab) literally means "red water" and connotes blood.

-- Lucille 4/28/2013

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