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Ganesan name meaning

“the deity Ganesha”

Letters
7
Syllables
3
First letter
G
Origin
Tamil · Sanskrit
Category
Indian Names
Gender
♂ Boy
Peak 1980s: 11.1%
of the boy top-10 total
JPN Indian table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadeboy
1940s–
1950s–
1960s9.2%
1970s8.6%
1980s11.1%
1990s7.7%
2000s–
2010s–

Indian Names: GMeaning wisdomTamil origin

Ganesan is a Tamil boy's name from Ganesha, the name of the Hindu deity associated with wisdom and beginnings.

What does Ganesan mean?

The deity Ganesha

In Malay: nama dewa Ganesha

#Wisdom

Sources (2)

About the name Ganesan

Ganesan is the Tamil form of the Sanskrit name Ganesha, the Hindu deity associated with wisdom, success and beginnings. Wiktionary lists it as a Tamil male given name. According to JPN, it peaked in the 1980s with 891 baby boys.

Gender♂ Boy
OriginTamil, Sanskrit
SyllablesGa-ne-san
First letterIndian Names starting with G
Tamil scriptகணேசன்

Ganesan in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
Boy: 762 · 9.2%
1970s
Boy: 882 · 8.6%
1980s
Boy: 891 · 11.1%
1990s
Boy: 380 · 7.7%
2000s
not in the top 10
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Ganesan as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Indian table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: गणेश · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: கணேசன் · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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