I've got a cousin named Arash. In contrary to the pronunciation above, it's AHR-ash, not ah-RAHSH. We're Iranian, so I'm pretty sure our pronunciation is correct, but I'm not 100% sure.That being said, I don't love the name, but I don't hate it either. It's kind of unusable in English-speaking countries due to the whole 'rash' thing, but I don't think my cousin has ever been teased for it!
― Anonymous User 4/20/2008
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I had a feeling that people would misinterpret the pronunciation of this fine name; it's "ah-RAHSH", not "uh-RASH". It sounds nothing like "rash".
That being said, I don't love the name, but I don't hate it either. It's kind of unusable in English-speaking countries due to the whole 'rash' thing, but I don't think my cousin has ever been teased for it!