Indian Names · Boy
Narayan name meaning
“an epithet of Vishnu”
- Letters
- 7
- Syllables
- 3●●●
- First letter
- N
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- Category
- Indian Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Devanagari scriptनारायण
Narayan is a male name from Sanskrit, an epithet of the god Vishnu.
What does Narayan mean?
About the name Narayan
Narayan is a male name from Sanskrit nārāyaṇa, an epithet of Vishnu or Krishna. In Sanskrit it derives from nara, 'primeval Man', and is used as a male given name.
| Gender | ♂ Boy |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Syllables | Na-ra-yan |
| First letter | Indian Names starting with N |
| Devanagari script | नारायण |
|---|
Sources
- Wiktionary: नारायण · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Names with a related meaning
- Subramaniam♂Su (good) + brahman (devout worshipper)
- Suresh♂Ruler of the gods
- Arumugam♂Six-faced
- Sivakumar♂Son of Shiva (Shiva: benign, auspicious
- Balakrishnan♂Child Krishna
- Yogeswaran♂Lord of yoga
- Supramaniam♂Su (good) + brahman (devout worshipper)
- Thirumurugan♂Sacred Murugan
- Abid♂Worshipper
- Alwar♂One deep in meditation on the attributes of the Supreme Being
- Archit♂Worshipped
- Avatar♂Incarnation of a deity
More Indian Names starting with N
- Navin♂New
- Nakul♂Mongoose
- Naman♂Respectful bow
- Nandan♂A son
- Nandana♂A son
- Narayana♂An epithet of Vishnu
- Narayanan♂A name of Narayana, the Hindu deity
- Narayanaswamy♂Lord Narayana (Narayana: 'son of the primeval Man')
- Narayanswamy♂Lord Narayana (Narayana: 'son of the primeval Man')
- Narendra♂Lord of men
- Naresh♂Lord of men
- Nataraja♂Lord of dance
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