Arko
Origin
Bengali
Syllables
2
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
sun, ray of light; a Bengali form of the Sanskrit arka, an epithet of the sun god Surya
Popularity, 1890–2024
Arko does not appear in US Social Security baby-name records, which list only names given to at least five babies in a year. There is no popularity curve to chart: a genuinely rare pick.
The Arko deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Arko truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Arko fits with your family’s names and surname.
Keep exploring
Does Arko fit YOUR family?
nametree reads your family’s names and finds the ones that belong. Free, private, no ads.
Add Arko to your family’s tree →